Li Changchun

Li Changchun
李长春
Chairman of the Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization
In office
15 November 2002 – 18 January 2013
DeputyLiu Yunshan
Chen Zhili
Liu Yandong
Liu Qi
General SecretaryHu Jintao
Preceded byDing Guangen
Succeeded byLiu Yunshan
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong
In office
March 1998 – November 2002
DeputyLu Ruihua (governor)
Preceded byXie Fei
Succeeded byZhang Dejiang
Personal details
Born (1944-02-01) February 1, 1944 (age 80)
Kwantung Leased Territory, Japanese Empire (Now Dalian, China)
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1965–present)
Alma materHarbin Institute of Technology
Li Changchun
Simplified Chinese李长春
Traditional Chinese李長春
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Chángchūn

Li Changchun (born February 1, 1944) is a retired Chinese politician and a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's top leadership council, and as the top official in charge of propaganda, between 2002 and 2012.[1] He also served as Chairman of the CCP Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization, de facto head of propaganda and media relations. Li had a widely varying political career spanning three provinces, first as Governor of Liaoning, then Party Secretary of Henan, and then CCP Committee Secretary of Guangdong, before being promoted to the national leadership in 2002. He retired in 2012.

  1. ^ "#19: Li Changzhun". The World's Most Powerful People. Forbes. 2009-11-11.