Li Jianjun

Li Jianjun (; born 1977) is an investigative journalist in the People's Republic of China from Shanxi province. He is best known for speaking out against the corruption of the state-run conglomerate China Resources located in Hong Kong. In 2014 he was recognized by Reporters Without Borders as one of the "100 Information Heroes".

Early years Li was a reporter for Shanxi evening news. He also worked on corruption cases on police in the mainland. On 17 February 2011 Li was dismissed.

Investigative work

China Resources case Between 2012 and 2013 Li took on investigation against the state-run conglomerate China Resources and three mining companies in Shanxi.

For more than four months Li had been airing information against Song Lin, chairman of China Resources. There he expressed his disappointment in Hong Kong.

In the interview Li pointed out the mainland injected $20 billion yuan into China Resources only to watch the money vaporize in Hong Kong. He explained Hong Kong was experiencing high levels of corruption, since the ICAC was useless with Song Lin heading the Hong Kong Ethics Development Advisory Committee (道德委員會). During the China Resources case, he said the Hong Kong High Court was withholding evidence. He proclaimed Hong Kong as the most failed financial system in the world to let these politicians go unarrested. Elsie Leung, who was supposed to watch over 58 mainland firms, let China Resources run wild. Hong Kong Stock Exchange's regulations applied to Hong Kong companies, but not mainland ones. That is why some mainland investors (like Jack Ma) are going directly to the American stock exchanges now. Li slammed Chief Executive CY Leung's decision to give Song Lin a justice of the peace appointment on 1 July 2013 while Elsie Leung was working with China Resources.

Li further mentioned in the interview that because of corruption in Shanxi, a "blood change process" (換血) had to take place to replace the entire line of government workers with a new group of workers. He highlighted Shanxi and Sichuan province as the most corrupted on the mainland.

Recognition In 2014 Li was named by Reporters Without Borders as one of the journalists on the first ever list of "100 Information Heroes". Four Chinese citizens were included on the list. Of these, Li is the only one not facing persecution, though he had been fired from his job and faced death threats as well as kidnapping attempts.