Li Zhaozhuo is a politician of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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. He currently serves as vice chairman of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [], shortened as 人民政协, Rénmín Zhèngxié, i.e. "People's PCC"; or just 政协, Zhèngxié, i.e. "The PCC"), abbreviated CPPCC, is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China...

 (CPPCC).

Born in Pingguo County

Pingguo County

Pingguo County is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Baise city.Pingguo Industry Park hosts an important part of China’s aluminum industry....

, Guangxi Province, Li belongs to the Zhuang nationality. He graduated from the department of civil engineering

Civil engineering

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 of Guangxi University

Guangxi University

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, majoring in agricultural hydraulic engineering. He started working in September 1968, and joined the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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 (CPC) in June 1974. He then served in various posts in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Li was eventually elevated to the post of secretary of the CPC Nanning

Nanning

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 municipal committee, and later vice secretary of the CPC Guangxi committee. In 1998, the former Party chief, Cheng Kejie, was sentenced to capital punishment after engaging in extensive bribery. Li was chosen to succeed him as the secretary of the CPC Guangxi committee. He retired from this post in March 2003. Since then, he has served as vice chairman of the CPPCC.

Li was a member of the 15th

15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

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 and 16th

16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

The 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was in session from 2002 to 2007. It held seven plenary sessions.It elected the 16th Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 2002.-Brief chronology:#1st Plenary Session...

 Central Committees of the Communist Party of China

Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

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, and is a current member of the 17th Central Committee

17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

The 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is in session from 2007 to 2012.It elected the 17th Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 2007.-Chronology:#1st Plenary Session#*Date: October 22, 2007#*Location: Beijing...

. He has been the vice chairman of the 10th and 11th CPPCC.