Li Boyong

Li was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, Manchukuo, in May 1932, while his ancestral home in Tianjin. In 1948, he enrolled at Harbin Institute of Technology and before long he became an interpreter in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1957. In 1958, he went on to the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, where he majored in airplane engine. After graduation, he was despatched to the 3rd Design Department of the 1st Branch of the 5th Academy of the Ministry of National Defense and was reassigned to the 7th Ministry of Machinery Industry in 1973. In 1984, he was appointed president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, in addition to serving as chief engineer of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. During his term in office, hr presided over the development of the Long March rockets engines. In 1986, he became vice minister of labor, rising to minister in 1993. He also served as deputy party secretary and vice governor of Sichuan from 1990 to 1993.[1] In March 1998, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Law Committee.[2][3]