Who's Who in China's Leadership

			Bai Lichen

Vice chairman of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Born in 1941, of Hui ethnic group, native of Lingyuan, Liaoning Province.

Graduated from Agricultural Engineering Department of Shenyang Agricultural College in 1964, specialized in agricultural mechanization; joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1971.

Studied in Shenyang Agricultural College in 1960-1964; technician at Agricultural Mechanization Institute under Yingkou Agricultural College, Liaoning Province, in 1964-1968; clerk of Organization Department of the CPC Yingkou Municipal Committee, and deputy section chief of Personnel Bureau, of Yingkou City in 1972-1980; deputy secretary and secretary of the suburban district of the CPC Yingkou Municipal Committee in 1980-1983; deputy secretary of the CPC Yingkou Municipal Committee, and mayor, of Yingkou City in 1983-1984; secretary of the CPC Panjin Municipal Committee, and assistant to governor, of Liaoning Province in 1984-1985; Standing Committee member of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, and vice governor of Liaoning Province, in 1985-1986.

Deputy secretary of the CPC Regional Committee, vice chairman, acting chairman and chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in 1986-1997.

Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives in 1997-1998.

Vice chairman of the 9th CPPCC National Committee, and secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group, and president of All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives since 1998; member of the 13th to 16th CPC Central Committee.