Li Changchun
| Li Changchun | |
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| 李长春 | |
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| Chairman of the CPC Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization | |
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In office 15 November 2002 – 18 January 2013 |
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| Deputy |
Liu Yunshan Liu Yandong |
| General Secretary | Hu Jintao |
| Preceded by | Ding Guangen |
| Succeeded by | Liu Yunshan |
| Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong | |
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In office March 1998 – November 2002 |
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| Deputy | Lu Ruihua (governor) |
| Preceded by | Xie Fei |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Dejiang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1944 (age 73) Dalian, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Harbin Institute of Technology |
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| Simplified Chinese | 李长春 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 李長春 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Chángchūn |
Li Changchun (born February 1944) is a retired Chinese politician and a former senior leader of the Communist Party of China. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the Communist Party's top leadership council, and as the top official in charge of propaganda, between 2002 and 2012. He also served as Chairman of the CPC 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 Party Secretary of Guangdong, before being promoted to the national leadership in 2002. He retired in 2012.
Li Changchun was born in February 1944 in modern-day Dalian, Liaoning, then administered by the Empire of Japan as "Dairen", Kwantung Leased Territory. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1965 and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 1966. In 1983, at age 39, he became the youngest mayor and Party secretary of a major city, of Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning. In 1982, he was also made an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at the age of 38, the youngest member of the body at the time. In 1987, he became governor of Liaoning province, a post he kept until 1990. As governor, mainland China's first expressway was built in the province, linking the cities of Shenyang and Dalian. In addition, Li pushed for the reform of state-owned enterprises, aiming to decrease state involvement in their operations.
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