Li Ruihuan

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Li Ruihuan
李瑞环
Li in 2000
6th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office 27 March 1993 – 13 March 2003
Deputy	Ye Xuanping
Preceded by	Li Xiannian
Succeeded by	Jia Qinglin
Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin
In office September 1987 – October 1989
Preceded by	Ni Zhifu
Succeeded by	Tan Shaowen
Mayor of Tianjin
In office May 1982 – October 1989
Preceded by	Hu Qili
Succeeded by	Nie Bichu
Personal details
Born	(1934-09-17) September 17, 1934 (age 90)[citation needed] Baodi, Tianjin, Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	2 sons
Alma mater	Beijing Construction Engineering College
Profession	Carpenter
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李瑞環
Simplified Chinese	李瑞环
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Ruìhuán Wade–Giles Li Jui-huan

Li Ruihuan (born September 17,^{[citation needed]} 1934) is a Chinese retired politician. Li was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China's top decision-making body, between 1989 and 2002. Li served as Chairman of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from 1993 to 2003; before that, he was the CCP secretary of Tianjin.

A native of a peasant family in Baodi, Tianjin, and originally a carpenter by trade, he was elected and reelected chairman of the 8th and 9th CPPCC National Committees in March 1993 and March 1998. Li Ruihuan is the sixth chairman of the CPPCC after Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Deng Yingchao, and Li Xiannian. Since this post has been held by some of the most prominent revolutionary elders, it is spoken of "noble and sacred" by reverent observers. The principal duties of the CPPCC chief are mainly advisory and conciliatory; Li's duties focused on mitigating conflict between different sectors of society, conferring on state affairs, and providing ideas for the top bodies of PRC central government for reference.

Li, born into ordinary peasant family in September 1934; worked as a construction worker in Beijing Third Construction Company from 1951 until 1965 and in his spare-time attended the architecture engineering institute; and received a college certificate. Li is known as the inventor of the "simplified calculation method," which updated the traditional "lofting method" in carpentry, Li was known as "young Lu Ban," a legendary master carpenter in ancient China. He rose up the ranks of the construction industry and Tianjin politics.

During his tenure of office as Tianjin mayor, he actively supported institutional restructuring, focusing attention on improving urban housing and public transport conditions. He gained great popularity among Tianjin residents with his call-in radio and television programs through which he directly answered residents' inquires in concrete terms.

In 1989, he became a member of the Politburo Standing Committee with Jiang Zemin and Song Ping, and became the chairman of CPPCC in 1993. Li Ruihuan retired in 2003 aged 68. He reappeared at the 20th Party Congress on 16 October 2022.^{[citation needed]}

• Li Ruihuan biography @ China Vitae, the web's largest online database of China VIPs
• Li Ruihuan profile at BBC news . Accessed September 2007