Mr. Li Jiaxiang is president of China National Aviation Holding Company and chairman of Air China Limited. He served in the China Air Force and the People's Liberation Army for some 40 years and held various positions including a Major General of air force. He took the helm of Air China in 2000 and has since led it through the most difficult post-911 period and achieved a miraculous turnaround from a loss of RMB 647 million (approx. US$86.3 million) in 2000 to a net profit close to RMB 3 billion (approx. US$400 million) in 2006. Today Air China is one of the top 20 global airlines.
