Li Shenglin, former vice-minister in charge of the State Development and Reform Commission, was appointed minister of communications by China's legislature Thursday.

Li, 59, replaces Zhang Chunxian, who was just appointed secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Li served in a tractor plant in Tianjin, north China, after graduation from college in 1970. He became deputy secretary-general of the Tianjin municipal government in 1983 and mayor of Tianjin 15 years later. In 2002, he was appointed vice-minister in charge of the then State Economic and Trade Commission, and vice-minister in charge of the State Development and Reform Commission in 2003.

Career Data of Li Shenglin:
12, 2005 Minister of Communications, PRC

2002-2005 Deputy Secretary, Vice-minister, State Economic and Trade Commission, PRC
Member of CPC Party Committee, Vice-minister, State Development and
Reform Commission, PRC
Deputy Secretary of CPC Party Committee, Vice-minister, State Development and
Reform Commission, PRC

1991-1993 Vice-Mayor, Tianjin Municipality
Deputy Secretary, CPC Municipality Committee, Tianjin Municipality
Mayor, Tianjin Municipality
Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
Secretary, CPC Municipality Committee, Tianjin Municipality

1983-1991 Deputy Secretary-General, People’s Government of Tianjin
Director, Textile Industry Bureau, Tianjin Municipality
Secretary, CPC Party Committee, Textile industry Bureau, Tianjin Municipality
Director, Planning Commission, Tianjin Municipality
Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee, Tianjin Municipality

1973 Joined CPC