Li Haifeng is a Chinese politician. A native of Laoting, Hebei

Hebei

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, she did her graduate studies at the Party School of the Central Committee

Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

The Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, also known as the Central Party School, is the highest institution to train new officials for the Communist Party of China. As of October 03, 2007, it has about 1,300 students...

, and went on to positions such as Secretary of the Daqing

Daqing

Daqing is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province of Northeast China. The name literally means "Great Celebration".Its population is 2,904,532 at the 2010 census whom 1,042,902 in the built up area made of 4 out of 5 urban districts It was founded in 1959 to house workers...

 branch of the Communist Youth League of China, Standing Committee Member of the Daqing Field

Daqing Field

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 branch of the Communist Party, Vice-Chairperson of the Politburo

Politburo of the Communist Party of China

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. She also served as a delegate to the 5th and 6th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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s. In May 2007, she was promoted to her position as head of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office

Overseas Chinese Affairs Office

The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China is the administrative office responsible for liaising with overseas Chinese residing abroad or returning to China...

 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

State Council of the People's Republic of China

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. Two months later, as part of her official duties, she toured Chinese American

Chinese American

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 and Chinese Canadian

Chinese Canadian

Chinese Canadians are Canadians of Chinese descent. They constitute the second-largest visible minority group in Canada, after South Asian Canadians...

 communities in the five cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, New York

New York

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, Vancouver

Vancouver

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, and Toronto

Toronto

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