Lian Ji

Lian was born in Qinyuan County, Shanxi, in October 1955. His career is most at Inner Mongolia.

In 1974, Lian was enrolled to the 4th Middle School of Linhe, which served as a teacher. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he was a sent-down youth in Xiaozhao Commune and Danda Commune in Linhe City between 1976 and 1978. In March 1978, he was enrolled to Liaoning University, which majored in Chinese language. After graduating in 1982, he was served as an officer of the Publicity Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was served as the secretary of the Youth League Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Directly Subordinate Organs, and the general office secretary in 1989.^[1]

In 1991, Lian was appointed as the standing member and the secretary general of the Hohhot Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was served as the deputy mayor of Hohhot in 1993, and transferred to Hulunbuir League in 1998, who served as the government head of the League. He promoted to the party secretary in 2001 (Hulunbuir League was reorganized into prefecture-level city in October 2001, and the Hulunbuir Municipal Party Committee was established in February 2002).^[1]

In 2003, Lian was promoted to the vice chairman of Inner Mongolia. He was also served as the president of Inner Mongolia University between 2006 and 2010 concurrently.^[1]

In September 2011, Lian was transferred to Gansu, which served as the head of the publicity department of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

In February 2016, Lian was appointed as the president of the Chinese National Academy of Arts.^[2] But he was still remained the sub-provincial rank treatment. During this period, he was made takeover and reorganization Yanhuang Chunqiu, a monthly journal.^[3]

On 3 February 2026, Lian was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.^[4]