Li Jifeng

Li Jifeng (; January 1923 – 20 January 2017) was a Chinese politician who served in various leadership roles within the provincial governments of Henan, Jiangxi, and Guizhou. Born in Nanle County, Henan Province, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1939 and began participating in revolutionary activities at a young age. Over the course of his career, he held administrative, and organizational positions, eventually becoming Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress. He retired in March 1996 and died in January 2017 at the age of 95.

Biography Li was born in Nanle County, Henan Province, in January 1923. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1939 while simultaneously taking part in local revolutionary work. In the early 1940s, he served as a staff member of the Anti-Japanese Government of Nanle County and later worked with various anti-Japanese organizations in the region, including the Qi-Bin County Anti-Japanese Coalition and the district-level Party committees of Dongyuan County. He subsequently worked for the Publicity Department of the Fifth Prefectural Committee of the Hebei–Shandong–Henan Border Region and served as an editor for the Luxinan Daily.

After 1948, Li became deputy head and later head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Committee of Dongming County. In March 1949, he moved south with advancing PLA forces and became head of the Publicity Department of the River Estuary Municipal Committee in northeastern Jiangxi.

Li returned to the provincial Publicity system in 1958 as deputy head of the Guizhou Provincial Publicity Department. From 1959 to 1962, he studied in the theoretical program at the Central Party School. During the Cultural Revolution, he experienced political persecution but later resumed work as head of the Publicity office of the Political Department of the Guizhou Revolutionary Committee and again served as deputy head of the provincial Publicity department.

In the 1980s, Li advanced to higher provincial leadership. In 1981, he was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Guizhou Provincial People's Government and Director of the General Office. In 1982, he became First Deputy Head, then Head of the Organization Department of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, and subsequently a member of the provincial standing committee. He also served as a member of the Guizhou Provincial Advisory Commission beginning in 1985.

From 1988, Li served as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Seventh Guizhou Provincial People’s Congress and concurrently chaired its Education, Science, Culture, and Public Health Committee. He also held leadership roles at the Guizhou University for the Elderly, serving as its Party Secretary, Vice President, President, and later Honorary President. He retired in March 1996. Li died in Guiyang on 20 January 2017.