Li Shulei

Li Shulei
李书磊
Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
Assumed office
26 October 2022
General SecretaryXi Jinping
Preceded byHuang Kunming
Executive Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
April 2022 – 26 October 2022
HeadHuang Kunming
Preceded byWang Xiaohui
Succeeded byHu Heping
Executive Vice President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
26 December 2020 – April 2022
PresidentChen Xi
Preceded byHe Yiting
Succeeded byXie Chuntao
Personal details
BornJanuary 1964 (age 60)
Yuanyang County, Henan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPeking University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Shūlěi

Li Shulei (Chinese: 李书磊; born January 1964) is a Chinese politician who is the current head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.

Li spent most of his career in academia, before being dispatched for a short stint as head of the propaganda department in Fujian, then as head of discipline inspection in Beijing. Li also served as the executive vice president of the Central Party School (ministerial level position) and the deputy executive head of the Publicity Department. He is an important advisor to CCP general secretary and paramount leader Xi Jinping.