Background
She is the only daughter of former Chinese Premier Li Peng and his wife Zhu Lin. Li was born in 1961 to Li Peng, then an electrical engineer, and Zhu Lin, a Russian-language translator.
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Li Li
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politician Vice-President of China Association of Radio
Education
Li followed her father's footsteps and studied power generation, eventually obtaining a Master of Engineering degree in Power System and Automation from the prestigious Tsinghua University.
Career
She is the former CEO of China Power International Development (SEHK: 2380). She was trained as a power generation engineer at Tsinghua University. She was the second of Li Peng's three children.
Her older brother is Li Xiaopeng. Li claims to have spent time at the MIT Sloan School of Management, however MIT stated that the only record it has of attendance by a student with Li’s name was enrollment in a “non-degree short course” open to anyone who has “intellectual curiosity” and pays $7,500 for 15 days of classes. Currently, she is the only female CEO of a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed company.
In 2008, she was named one of the 50 most powerful women in business by Fortune magazine. In 2012, Li was conferred with Tamgha-e-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan). According to Hurun Report's China Rich List 2013, she had an estimated personal fortune of US$550 million, making her the 606th wealthiest person in China.
In 2014, leaked data obtained by the think tank International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) showed that Li Xiaolin owned assets in the tax haven British Virgin Islands. She had been listed as the director of the BVI shell companies Tianwo Holdings Ltd and Tianwo Development Ltd since 2005. In July 2015, Li Xiaolin was transferred from China Power International to China Datang Corporation to serve as a vice-president.
Achievements
Membership
Li was a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the All-China Youth Federation, and a member of the 9th, 10th, 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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