Li Weikang (born 21st 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 the national intangible cultural heritage, deputy to the National People's Congress, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and since 1966 when she was around 18, around the start of the Cultural Revolution, she joined The Chinese Communist Party.
On Friday 21st February 1947, Li Weikang was born in Beijing, China.
[citation needed] Since 1966, Li has been with the National Peking Opera.
[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.