Lin Jiamei

Lin Jiamei (; born 21 June 1924) is the widow of former Chinese president Li Xiannian. She was the spouse of the president of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988, along with de facto First Lady Zhuo Lin, the wife of then-paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.

Career Lin graduated from Tong De Medical College in 1949. Until the 1980s, she held positions as a pediatrician at the Hubei Provincial Hospital, the vice-president of the Wuhan Women and Children's Health Institute, a committee member on the State Council Family Planning Commission, and chief of the Women and Children's Health Bureau in the Ministry of Health. She became close with her contemporary, U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan. Lin accompanied Li Xiannian to the USA during the first official visit of President of China in July 1985. From 1984, Lin served as the deputy president of the China Medical Committee, as well as bureau chief of the Women and Children's Department of the Ministry of Health. Together they had two daughters, Li Ziyang and Li Xiaolin, and one son, Li Ping. Lin also raised Li's daughter from his first marriage, Li Jin.

On 21 June 2024, she turned 100.