Li Jinke

Li Jinke was born in August 1968 in Kuandian, Liaoning Province. He studied mathematics at Northeast Normal University from 1989 to 1993, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree.^[3] After graduation, he began his career as a teacher at Liaoning Water Conservancy School.^[4]

In 1995, Li entered the General Office of the People's Government of Liaoning Province, where he served in various positions, including staff member, deputy section chief, and secretary at different administrative levels.^[5] In 2014, Li was appointed deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, concurrently serving as Party secretary and vice chairman of the Liaoning Federation of Industry and Commerce.^[6] In 2017, Li was promoted to secretary-general of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government, and in 2018 he was appointed vice governor of Liaoning Province while concurrently serving as secretary-general.^[7] He ceased to serve as secretary-general later that year but remained vice governor until 2019.^[8]

In July 2019, Li was transferred to Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, where he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the regional Party committee and head of the Publicity Department.^[4] In October 2024, he was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and became head of the United Front Work Department, as well as deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[8]

In April 2025, Li was appointed Secretary-General of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party while retaining his position on the Standing Committee.^[2] He later ceased to serve as head of the United Front Work Department and assumed the role of Secretary of the Work Committee of Provincial Organs.^[9]