Li Tieying

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Tieying
李铁映
Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office 18 March 2003 – 4 March 2008
Chairperson	Wu Bangguo
President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
In office March 1998 – January 2003
Preceded by	Hu Sheng
Succeeded by	Chen Kuiyuan
Chairman of the State Commission for Restructuring Economy
In office March 1993 – April 1998
Preceded by	Chen Jinhua
Succeeded by	Zhu Rongji
In office April 1987 – April 1988
Preceded by	Zhao Ziyang
Succeeded by	Li Peng
Chairman of the State Education Commission
In office 12 April 1988 – 29 March 1993
Preceded by	Li Peng
Succeeded by	Zhu Kaixuan
Minister of Electronics Industry
In office June 1985 – April 1988
Preceded by	Jiang Zemin
Succeeded by	Zou Jiahua
Personal details
Born	September 1936 (age 88) Bao'an County, Shaanxi, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Qin Xinhua
Children	Li Lijian
Parent	Li Weihan (father)
Alma mater	Beijing Foreign Studies University Charles University Shanghai International Studies University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	李铁映
Traditional Chinese	李鐵映
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Tiěyìng

Li Tieying (Chinese: 李铁映; born 1936) is a retired politician of the People's Republic of China. He held many positions since 1955, including Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is an author of several books. For more than 20 years he served as Minister in charge of the State Commission for Economic Restructuring, and participated in major decision making and the implementation of China's economic reforms during that time.

Early life

Li was born to Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party Li Weihan and paramount leader of China (1978-1989) Deng Xiaoping’s ex-wife Jin Weiying. When studying at No. 2 Middle School attached to Beijing Normal University and Beijing Russian Language Training School (now Beijing Foreign Studies University) from 1950 to 1955, he joined the CCP in April 1955.

He started working in September 1961 as a senior engineer, after graduating from Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Czechoslovakia.

Career

• Technician, deputy department director of No. 13 Research Institute of Ministry of National Defense in 1961–1966 (studied Japanese in Shanghai Foreign Languages Institute, now Shanghai International Studies University in 1964–1965);
• deputy department director of No. 1413 Research Institute of Fourth Machine-building Ministry in 1966–1970;
• department director of the ministry's No. 1424 Research Institute in 1970–1978;
• chief engineer, deputy director of the ministry's No. 1447 Research Institute, and concurrently deputy chairman of Shenyang City Commission of Science and Technology and Liaoning Provincial Association for Science and Technology in 1978–1981.
• Secretary, executive secretary of CCP Shenyang City Committee in 1981–1983;
• secretary of CCP Liaoning Provincial Committee in 1983–1984;
• secretary of CCP Liaoning Provincial Committee and concurrently secretary of CCP Haicheng County Committee, Liaoning Province, in 1984–1985.
• Minister of electronics industry, secretary of the ministry's Leading Party Members' Group in 1985–1987.
• Member of Political Bureau of CCP Central Committee, minister in charge of State Commission for Restructuring the Economy, secretary of the commission's Leading Party Members' Group, minister of electronics industry and secretary of the ministry's Leading Party Members' Group in 1987–1988.
• Member of Political Bureau of CCP Central Committee, state councilor and concurrently minister in charge of State Education Commission and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group in 1988–1993.
• Member of Political Bureau of CCP Central Committee, state councilor and concurrently minister in charge of State Commission for Restructuring the Economy in 1993–1998.
• Member of Political Bureau of CCP Central Committee, president of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group in 1998–2002.
• President of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group in 2002 – January 2003.
• Alternate member, member of 12th CCP Central Committee; member, Political Bureau member of 13th, 14th, 15th CCP Central Committee.

Published works

• Enrich Series on China's Economic Reform published by Enrich Professional Publishing
  • Vol.1 Reforming China: Theoretical Framework
  • Vol 2. Reforming China: Experiences and Lessons
  • Vol.3 Reforming China: Major Events (1978–1991)
  • Vol.4 Reforming China: Major Events (1992–2004)
  • Vol.5 Reforming China: International Comparisons and Reference