Li Zaiyong

Li Zaiyong (born August 1962) is a former Chinese politician of Gelao ethnicity who was executive vice governor of Guizhou Provincial People's Government from 2018 to 2022 and vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2022 to 2023. As of March 2023, he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency.

He was a delegate to the th and 13th National People's Congress.

Early life and education
Li was born in Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou, in August 1962. After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, he entered Guizhou Agricultural College (now Guizhou University), where he majored in agronomy.

Career
Li began his political career in August 1983, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1984.

Starting in August 1983, he served in several posts in Tongzi County, including town headman, deputy head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party, director of the Office of the County Party Committee and director of the Research Office, and deputy party secretary of the county. He served as magistrate of the county from 1992 to 1995, and party secretary, the top political position in the county, from 1995 to 1998.

Li was appointed party secretary of Honghuagang District in January 1998 and two years later was admitted to member of the CCP Zunyi Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.

In November 2001, he became vice governor of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture and member of the CCP Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefectural Committee, and held that offices until May 2008.

Li was made mayor of Tongren in May 2008, in addition to serving as deputy party secretary.

He was appointed deputy party secretary of the capital city Guiyang in February 2011, concurrently serving as mayor since March of that same year.

He was chosen as party secretary of Liupanshui in November 2013 and in December 2016 was admitted as a member of the CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.

He was secretary-general of CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee in January 2017 and subsequently party secretary of Guiyang in August 2017. He was elevated to executive vice governor of Guizhou in January 2018. In January 2022, he took office as vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.

Downfall
On 27 March 2023, Li has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. On November 8, he was expelled from the CCP and removed from public office, and was arrested by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.