Li Shulei, male, Han ethnicity, was born in January 1964 and is from Yuanyang, Henan Province. He began his first job in December 1984 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in September 1986. Li graduated from Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University where he completed a graduate program in modern Chinese literature and received a Master of Arts degree. He holds a professional title of professor.
Li is currently a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, and Deputy Head of Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee in charge of routine work.