Li Zhixin

Li Zhixin is a leading Chinese mountaineer and director of the Mountaineering Sports Administrative Center of the State General Administration of Sports. He is also the executive vice-president of the Chinese Mountaineering Association. Li Zhixin and his partner, Wang Yongfeng, became the first Chinese couple to climb the "Seven Summits" on June 23, 1999.

Biography

Li Zhixin was born in Dalian, Liaoning Province. He graduated from the Wuhan Institute of Geology in 1985. Li and Wang Yongfeng became friends in this Institute. They were elected to the Wuhan Institute of Geology Mountaineering Team together in 1984. He started his mountaineering career from then on.