Li Zhixin

Li Zhixin (Chinese: 李致新; pinyin: Lǐ Zhìxīn; born 1962) is a leading Chinese mountaineer and director of the Mountaineering Sports Administrative Center (MSAC) of the State General Administration of Sports. He is also the executive vice-president of the Chinese Mountaineering Association (CMA).[1] Li Zhixin and his partner, Wang Yongfeng (王勇峰), became the first Chinese couple to climb the "Seven Summits" on June 23, 1999.

Biography

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Li Zhixin was born in Dalian, Liaoning Province. He graduated from the Wuhan Institute of Geology in 1985.[citation needed] Li and Wang Yongfeng became friends in this Institute. They were elected to the Wuhan Institute of Geology Mountaineering Team together in 1984. He started his mountaineering career from then on.

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