Li Wei (politician, born 1956)

Li Wei was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, in October 1956. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1983 and began his career in March 1976. He graduated from the Central Party School with a major in administrative management. Li spent much of his early career in the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, serving as director of the Tongzhou Branch and later as a deputy director of the bureau. In November 1998, he became the deputy director of the Fire Department of the Ministry of Public Security. He continued to advance within the ministry and was appointed director of the Counterterrorism Bureau in May 2005.^[4]

In August 2011, Li was promoted to assistant minister of public security and became a member of the ministry's Party Committee.^[5] In June 2013, he was appointed vice minister of public security, a position he held until July 2018.^[6][7] Li later served as deputy director of the Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the 13th National People's Congress from March 2018 to February 2023.^[8] He was awarded the rank of major general in the People's Armed Police in July 1999.^[9]