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Li Guoying

Minister of Water Resources, Ministry of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China

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Li Guoying, male, Han ethnicity, was born in Yuzhou, Henan Province, in December 1963. He began his career in July 1984 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in August 1988. Li completed an in-service graduate program and was awarded a Doctor of Science degree. He is also a professor level senior engineer. Currently, he is a member of the 19th CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Ministry of Water Resources and Minister of Water Resources.

Aug.1980-Jul.1984 Completed an undergraduate study in North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, majoring in Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering Construction, and after graduation worked as an engineer in Planning Section I of Planning Division of Yellow River Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Ministry of Water Resources
Mar.1987-May 1991 Deputy Chief of Planning Section I, and Chief of Comprehensive planning Section of Planning Division of Yellow River Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Ministry of Water Resources
May 1991-Aug.1992
Deputy Director of Planning Division I of Yellow River Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Ministry of Water Resources
Aug.1992-May 1994
Director of Planning Division I of Yellow River Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Ministry of Water Resources
May 1994-May 1995
Assistant to Chief Engineer, Ministry of Water Resources
May 1995-Oct.1995
Deputy Chief Engineer, Ministry of Water Resources
Oct.1995-May 1997
Deputy Chief Engineer, Ministry of Water Resources
Deputy Director-General and a member of the CPC Committee of Xiaolangdi Project Construction and Management Bureau, Ministry of Water Resources
May 1997-Sep.1998
Vice Commissioner and a member of the CPC Committee of Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Ministry of Water Resources
Deputy Director-General (concurrently) and a member of the CPC Committee of Xiaolangdi Project Construction and Management Bureau, Ministry of Water Resource
Sep.1998-May 1999
Chief Engineer, Ministry of Water Resources
May 1999-Aug.1999
Secretary of the CPC Committee of Department of Water Resources, Heilongjiang Province
(Sep.1996-Jul.1999 participated in the one-year training program for young and middle-aged cadres in Party School of the Central Committee of CPC, and continued to study philosophy in Graduate Department of Party school of the Central Committee of CPC )
Aug.1999-May 2001
Director-General and Secretary of the CPC Committee of Department of Water Resources, Heilongjiang Province
May 2001-Mar.2011
Commissioner (Vice Minister Level) and Secretary of the CPC Committee of Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Ministry of Water Resources
(Sep.2007-Jan.2011 participated in an in-service graduate program in Environmental Science in School of Urban and Environmental Sciences of Northeast Normal University, and was awarded a Doctor of Science degree)
Mar. 2011-Jul. 2015
Vice Minister of Water Resources
A member of the CPC Committee of Ministry of Water Resources
Jul.2015-Aug.2015
Deputy Secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee
Aug.2015-Aug.2016
Deputy Secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee
President of Party School of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee (concurrently)
Aug.2016-Sep.2016
Deputy Secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee
Secretary of the CPC Committee of Anhui Provincial Government
President of Party School of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee (concurrently)
Sep.2016-Nov.2016
Deputy Secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee
Vice Governor and Acting Governor of Anhui Province
Secretary of the CPC Committee of Anhui Provincial Government
President of Party School of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee (concurrently)
Nov.2016-Jan.2017
Deputy Secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee
Vice Governor and Acting Governor of Anhui Province
Secretary of the CPC Committee of Anhui Provincial Government
Jan.2017-Jan.2021
Deputy Secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee
Governor of Anhui Province
Secretary of the CPC Committee of Anhui Provincial Government
Jan.2021-Feb.2021
Secretary of the CPC Committee of Ministry of Water Resources
Feb.2021
Secretary of the CPC Committee of Ministry of Water Resources
Minister of Water Resources

Li is a representative of the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th CPC National Congress, an alternate member of the 18th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and he is also a deputy to the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th National People's Congress.