Li Zhanshu

Li Zhanshu is a reminder that some of the most powerful people are the least theatrical. He chaired the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2018 to 2023 and ranked third in the Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body, between 2017 and 2022. That's the apex of state lawmaking, the opposite of a camera-chasing celebrity. He even received Russia's Order of Friendship, hinting at a role in high diplomacy. I find it sobering that a single word from a figure like this moves a nation. The unglamorous machinery of power, embodied by someone who spent a career inside it.

Name (English)

Li Zhanshu

Name (Japanese)

栗戦書

Reading

りつ・せんしょ

Born

August 30, 1950 (age 75)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Origin

Pingshan County, People's Republic of China

Occupation

politician

University

Hebei Normal University

Awards & achievements

• Order of Friendship

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Zhanshu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%97%E6%88%A6%E6%9B%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391443

Tags

• Pingshan County
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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