Li Mingyuan

Li Mingyuan (; born 30 August 1965) is a Chinese politician who currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee of Shaanxi Provincial CCP Committee and head of its United Front Work Department. He was the Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Xi'an from 2019 to 2023.

Biography Li was born in Wuqi County, Shaanxi, in 30 August 1965. After the resumption of College Entrance Examination, he graduated from Tsinghua University and Xidian University. After university, he was assigned to the Xi'an Huanghe Electrical and Mechanical Co., Ltd. and worked there for four years.

In June 1995 he joined the Xi'an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications as a teacher.

In 2001, at the age of 36, he made a crossover from education to politics. In May he became deputy head of Shaanxi Provincial Information Industry Department, three years later he was appointed deputy secretary-general of Shaanxi Provincial Government. In February 2013 he was head of Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department, and held that office until January 2015, when he was transferred to Weinan and appointed Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary and acting mayor and then mayor there. On February 1, 2019, he was elected vice-mayor and acting mayor of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi, replacing Shangguan Jiqing, who took the fall for the failed eco-environmental renovation operation of Qinling. He was installed as mayor of Xi'an on February 18.

In 2023, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and head of its United Front Work Department.