Li Shijie (politician, born 1957)

Li Shijie (Chinese: 李世杰; born December 1957) is a Chinese politician and long-serving member of the China Democratic National Construction Association (CDNCA). A native of Changtu County, Liaoning, he is a standing member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and serves as Deputy Director of its Proposal Committee.^[1] He is also an executive member of the China Economic and Social Council.^[2][3][4]

Li Shijie was born in December 1957 in Changtu County, Liaoning. From 1977 to 1978, he was sent down as an educated youth to Yongfeng Commune in Beijing’s Haidian District. He later studied public finance and banking at the Beijing Finance and Trade School from 1978 to 1980. After graduation, he worked in fiscal administration in Beijing, serving as a cadre in the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance and Taxation and later in its Ninth Sub-bureau.^[5]

Li joined the China Democratic National Construction Association in March 1995. Beginning in the mid-1980s, he worked at the central headquarters of the association, where he successively served as deputy section chief of the Secretariat of the General Office and as section chief in the Research Department. During this period, he pursued part-time higher education in Chinese language and literature through the correspondence program of Renmin University of China.^[5]

From 1998 onward, Li held a series of senior organizational posts within the CDNCA Central Committee. He served as Deputy Director of the Research Department, Deputy Director (acting) of the Organization Department, and later Director of the Organization Department, a position he held for more than a decade. In December 2017, he was appointed full-time Vice Chairperson and Secretary-General of the CDNCA Central Committee, concurrently overseeing organizational affairs.^[6]

Between 2018 and 2022, Li continued to serve as full-time Vice Chairperson and Secretary-General of the CDNCA.^[6] From December 2022 to January 2026, he served as full-time Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee. In January 2026, the fourth plenary session of the 12th Central Committee of the CDNCA approved a decision relieving him of his positions as Vice Chairperson, standing committee member, and member of the Central Committee.^[7][8]

In parallel with his party work, Li Shijie has been active in China’s political consultative system.^[9][10] He served as a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 14th National Committees of the CPPCC, and as a standing member of the 14th National Committee, where he also serves as Deputy Director of the Proposal Committee.^[11][12]