Li Huidong
Li Huidong is a Chinese academic and politician. A native of Tai'an, Shandong, he is a professor with a doctorate in engineering and has specialized in metal corrosion and protection. He is a senior leader of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang and has long been active in national political consultative and legislative institutions.
Biography
Li Huidong began his higher education in October 1978 at the Wuhan Institute of Water Resources and Electric Power, where he studied power plant chemistry and earned a bachelor’s degree in July 1982. He subsequently pursued graduate studies in nuclear materials at the China Institute of Atomic Energy, receiving a master’s degree in 1985. After entering the workforce in September of that year, he worked at the institute’s Reactor Engineering Research Division, where he also served as Deputy Secretary of the Communist Youth League general branch.From 1990 to 1994, Li undertook doctoral studies in metal corrosion and protection at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, earning a PhD in engineering. He later joined Shandong Mining Institute, where he served as Deputy Director of the Research Administration Office, associate professor, and member of the academic committee. In 1997, he entered local government service in Tai'an, Shandong, first as Assistant Mayor and later as Vice Mayor, while concurrently assuming leadership roles within the RCCK at the municipal and provincial levels.
Beginning in 2005, Li transitioned to full-time work within the RCCK Central Committee. He served successively as full-time Deputy Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General and Director of the Research Department, and later as Secretary-General and Director of the General Office. From 2016 to 2018, he was Vice Chairperson and Secretary-General of the 12th and 13th Central Committees of the RCCK.
At the national level, Li has held several senior posts since 2018, including part-time Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee and Vice Chairperson and Secretary-General of the RCCK Central Committee. In December 2022, he was elected Vice Chairperson of the RCCK Central Committee, and in March 2023 he assumed office as part-time Deputy Secretary-General of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is also a National People's Congress deputy and a member of the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, as well as Vice Chairperson of the 8th Council of the Soong Ching Ling Foundation.