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Li Lianyu

Li Lianyu
李连玉
Deputy Party Secretary of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
In office
August 2013 – September 2014
Vice-Mayor of Xuzhou
In office
January 2006 – September 2014
Communist Party Secretary of Pizhou
In office
December 2002 – January 2006
Mayor of Pizhou
In office
December 2000 – December 2002
Personal details
Born December 1959 (age 57)
Feng County, Jiangsu
Nationality Chinese
Political party Communist Party of China
Residence Xuzhou, Jiangsu
Alma mater Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Occupation Politician
Li Lianyu
Traditional Chinese 李連玉
Simplified Chinese 李连玉

Li Lianyu (born December 1959) is a Chinese politician who spent most of his career in Jiangsu province. Through his career he successively served as the Communist Party Secretary of the county-level city of Pizhou, the Vice-Mayor of Xuzhou, and Deputy Party Secretary of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang. He was removed from office in September 2014, and was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in November 2014.

Li was known nationally for the massive "red carpet reception" held for him when he returned to his hometown after attending the 17th Party Congress in 2007. Thousands of locals lined the city's streets to receive the Secretary. The event drew significant ridicule and criticism for its unnecessary extravagance and what seemed to be a local cult of personality.

Li was born and raised in Feng County, Jiangsu. Li began his political career in August 1975, and joined the Communist Party of China in February 1985.

In August 1975, Li was appointed as an official in Xuzhou Coal Mining Bureau and over a period of eight years worked his way up to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Communist Youth League of Feng County. He then spent six years serving in various political roles at the Organization Department of CPC Feng County Committee, before serving as CPC Party Chief of Dahe Town.

In December 1998 he was promoted to become the Vice-County Governor of Feng County, a position he held until December 2000. He entered the College of Humanities of Nanjing University of Science and Technology in September 1998 as a part-time student. There he studied political theory; he graduated in November 2000.


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