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President of the People's Republic of China (1983–1988); member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (1977–1987); Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (1977–1982); Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (1958–1969)."},{"q":"Where did Li Xiannian study?","a":"Li Xiannian was educated at Shanghai Jiao Tong University."}],"related":[{"name":"Mao Zedong","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mao-zedong"},{"name":"Zhou Enlai","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zhou-enlai"},{"name":"Xi Jinping","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/xi-jinping"},{"name":"Jiang Zemin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jiang-zemin"},{"name":"Liu Shaoqi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/liu-shaoqi"},{"name":"Yang Shangkun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yang-shangkun"},{"name":"Dong Biwu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dong-biwu"},{"name":"Li Keqiang","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/li-keqiang"},{"name":"Wen Jiabao","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wen-jiabao"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/li-xiannian-8b64bf588f.jpg","width":500,"height":632,"license":"Public domain","credit":"NARA","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Li_Xiannian_(2).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Li Xiannian","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Xiannian","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q311413","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311413","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Li Xiannian (2).jpg by NARA (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Li_Xiannian_(2).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Li Xiannian, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Li Xiannian (2).jpg — NARA, Public domain.","cite":"\"Li Xiannian\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/li-xiannian. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/li-xiannian","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/li-xiannian","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/li-xiannian?lang=ne"}}