Li Shijie

Li Shijie (; born December 1957) is a Chinese politician and long-serving member of the China Democratic National Construction Association (CDNCA). A native of Changtu County, Liaoning, he is a standing member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and serves as Deputy Director of its Proposal Committee. He is also an executive member of the China Economic and Social Council.

Biography Li Shijie was born in December 1957 in Changtu County, Liaoning. From 1977 to 1978, he was sent down as an educated youth to Yongfeng Commune in Beijing’s Haidian District. He later studied public finance and banking at the Beijing Finance and Trade School from 1978 to 1980. After graduation, he worked in fiscal administration in Beijing, serving as a cadre in the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance and Taxation and later in its Ninth Sub-bureau.

Li joined the China Democratic National Construction Association in March 1995. Beginning in the mid-1980s, he worked at the central headquarters of the association, where he successively served as deputy section chief of the Secretariat of the General Office and as section chief in the Research Department. During this period, he pursued part-time higher education in Chinese language and literature through the correspondence program of Renmin University of China.

Between 2018 and 2022, Li continued to serve as full-time Vice Chairperson and Secretary-General of the CDNCA.

In parallel with his party work, Li Shijie has been active in China’s political consultative system. He served as a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 14th National Committees of the CPPCC, and as a standing member of the 14th National Committee, where he also serves as Deputy Director of the Proposal Committee.