Li Weikang

Li Weikang (born 21th February 1947) is a retired Peking opera singer, a national first class actress, a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, an inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage, deputy to the National People's Congress, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Her Nationality and ethnicity is Han Chinese. Her Race is Asian, her sub-race is East Asian and her Ancestry Group according to ferensic anthropology is Asian.

On Friday 21st February 1947, Li Weikang was born in Beijing, China. Li's name in Chinese: 李维康.^{[citation needed]}

Since 1966, Li has been with the National Peking Opera.^[1] In 1984, Li won the First China Plum Blossom and award.^[1]

As of 2010, in additional to performing Chinese opera, Li is a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts.^[2] In 2010, Li performed as Yuji, an imperial consort, in The Hegemon-King Bids His Concubine Farewell.^[2]

Li is a retired Peking opera performer who specializes in Dan roles. She has served as vice-chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Theatre Association.^{[citation needed]}

Li's husband is Geng Qichang.^[3]

• The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Europa Publications. 2002. p. 331. ISBN 1-85743-122-7.

• Image of Li Weikang dressed in Chinese opera style

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