Li Rongcan

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Li Rongcan ({{lang-zh|s=李荣灿}}; born September 1966) is a Chinese politician, serving as chairman of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since January 2023.

Li was a representative of the 19th and is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |author1=Zhan Jing ({{lang|zh|詹婧}}) |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/2022-09/25/c_1129030960.htm |script-title=zh:中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单 |work=Xinhua New Agency |date=2022-09-25 |access-date=2025-01-13 |language=zh}} He is an alternate of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |author1=Xue Tao ({{lang|zh|薛涛}}) |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/cpc20/2022-10/22/c_1129075009.htm |script-title=zh:（二十大受权发布）中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单 |work=Xinhua New Agency |date=2022-10-22 |access-date=2025-01-13 |language=zh}} He is a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.{{cite news |author1=Xu Haizhi ({{lang|zh|徐海知}}) |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/2023-01/18/c_1129294900.htm |script-title=zh:中国人民政治协商会议第十四届全国委员会委员名单 |work=Xinhua New Agency |date=2023-01-08 |access-date=2025-01-13 |language=zh}}

Early life and education

Li was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in September 1966, the year the Cultural Revolution broke out. In 1985, he entered Jiangxi College of Finance and Economics (now Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics), where he majored in accounting. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1987 during his sophomore year. In 2000, he obtained his MBA degree from the University of International Business and Economics.

Career

After graduation in 1989, Li was assigned as official to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation, which was reshuffled as the Ministry of Commerce in 2003. There, he assumed various posts and was finally elevated to assistant minister in January 2011.

Li was appointed vice governor of northwest China's Gansu province in January 2013 and in June 2015 was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Gansu Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:李荣灿被任命为甘肃省副省长|url=http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/01-06/4463580.shtml|accessdate=2025-01-13|work=chinanews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114205748/http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/01-06/4463580.shtml|archive-date=2020-01-14}}{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:李荣灿任甘肃省委常委|url=http://renshi.people.com.cn/n/2015/0626/c139617-27214500.html|accessdate=2025-01-13|work=people.com.cn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085504/http://renshi.people.com.cn/n/2015/0626/c139617-27214500.html|archive-date=2016-03-04}} He was party secretary of Lanzhou in October 2016, in addition to serving as first secretary of the Party Working Committee of Lanzhou New Area.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:甘肃省委常委、副省长李荣灿任兰州市委书记，虞海燕另有任用|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1557355|accessdate=2025-01-13|work=thepaper.cn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516070712/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1557355|archive-date=2020-05-16}}

In April 2021, Li was transferred to central China's Hubei province, where he was made head of the Organization Department of the CCP Hubei Provincial Committee and president of the CCP Hubei Provincial Party School.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:甘肃省委常委、兰州市委书记李荣灿调任湖北省委常委、组织部部长|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202104/27/t20210427_36516585.shtml|accessdate=2025-01-13|work=ce.cn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206225424/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202104/27/t20210427_36516585.shtml|archive-date=2021-12-06}} He was also admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Hubei Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In March 2022, he rose to specifically designated deputy party secretary, succeeded {{ill|Wang Ruilian|zh|王瑞连}}.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:李荣灿任湖北省委副书记|url=https://china.caixin.com/2022-03-06/101851531.html|accessdate=2025-01-13|work=caixin.com|archive-date=2022-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405204038/https://china.caixin.com/2022-03-06/101851531.html}}

In January 2023, Li took office as chairman of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.{{cite web |language=zh |script-title=zh:李荣灿任海南省政协党组书记此前担任湖北省委副书记 |url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202301/10/t20230110_38337013.shtml |website=ce.cn |date=2023-01-10 |access-date=2025-01-13 |archive-date=2023-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110042335/http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202301/10/t20230110_38337013.shtml}}