He served in various posts in Changsha People's Government before serving as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Liuyang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Changsha, in 2002. He was mayor of Huaihua from January 2007 to June 2008, and Communist Party Secretary, the top political position in the city, from March 2008 to March 2013. Then he was transferred to Hengyang and appointed the Communist Party Secretary there.[3][4] In March 2016, he was named deputy director of Hunan Provincial Rural Work Leading Group, but having held the position for only one month, while he was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Downfall
On September 23, 2016, he was detained by the Hunan Provincial People's Procuratorate. On November 23, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and dismissed from public office.[5]
On August 11, 2017, he was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes, corruption, abusing his powers, and holding a huge amount of property with unidentified sources.[citation needed]
On January 15, 2018, he was sentenced to 18 years for accepting bribes, holding a huge amount of property from an unidentified source and abusing his power by the Loudi Intermediate People's Court.[6] His wife Yang Lan was sentenced to 3 years for accepting bribes.[6][7]
Personal life
Li married Yang Lan (杨岚; born 12 April 1968), who served as a section member in Changsha Municipal Government before detaining by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).[6]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates ; S Committed suicide 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.