Joined the New Democratic Youth League of China in July 1949, joined the Communist Party of China in March 1950, started working in August 1945, and served as a teacher at Wuji Town Primary School and Diantou Village Primary School in Wu'an County , in the summer of the same year, he was rated as a model anti-Japanese primary school teacher in Wu'an.
Since March 1947, he has served as a reporter for the "War Express" on the front line in northern Henan, a member of the Education Section of Wu'an County Government, and a school inspector. In the same year, he was awarded third-class merit on the front line in northern Henan.
In May 1949, he served as social scientist of Taihang's "Xinhua Daily".
Since September 1949, he has served as reporter, editor and director of Jinzhong Reporter Station of "Shanxi Daily". He is active and enthusiastic at work, highly motivated, conscientious and responsible, and has accumulated rich work experience. He is diligent in thinking, quick and eager to learn, and keeps writing. He has created a large number of excellent literary and journalistic works such as novels, newsletters, typical reports, and features, and has become an excellent and prolific backbone of journalism. He is the leader of Shanxi Province. A close friend of many agricultural model workers.
In September 1959, he was ordered to support Tibet and served successively as deputy director, director, reporter department director and deputy editor-in-chief of the editorial department of "Tibet Daily".
During the "Cultural Revolution", Comrade Li Wenshan was treated unfairly. His home was confiscated, suspended from his job, and he was subjected to labor reform. However, he always had firm ideals and beliefs, adhered to the truth, safeguarded justice, and showed himself to be a communist. The noble character of human beings.
After resuming work, in November 1975, he served as deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region Party Committee and editor-in-chief of "Tibet Daily".
In November 1979, he served as the Propaganda Minister of the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
In January 1983, he served as member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
In December 1984, he served as deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Comrade Li Wenshan has been engaged in party propaganda and ideological work for 27 years in the high-cold and hypoxic Tibetan Plateau, and has strong organizational leadership and innovative spirit. He pays attention to contacting the masses, unites comrades of all ethnic groups, is good at coordination work, and makes friends with writers, artists, cultural and artistic workers, and enjoys high prestige in the Tibetan cultural and artistic circles. He has a strong sense of professionalism and responsibility. He often conducts in-depth investigations and research at the grassroots level, obtains a large amount of first-hand materials, and masters many advanced models, which provides a reliable basis for formulating the party's propaganda policy in ethnic minority areas and has a profound understanding of Tibetan culture. made special contributions to construction and prosperity.
In February 1986, he served as deputy secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee.
In April 1988, he served as deputy secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and chairman of the Provincial CPPCC. Comrade Li Wenshan is closely connected with the actual work and conscientiously implements the party's various lines, principles and policies. After the central government issued the "Resolution on the Guidelines for the Construction of Socialist Spiritual Civilization", he suggested to the provincial party committee and organized the drafting of "Ten Measures" for implementation, which promoted the in-depth development of the province's spiritual civilization construction. In the struggle against bourgeois liberalization, he took a clear-cut stand and paid attention to proceeding from the reality of Hebei Province. His work deployment was solid, steady, powerful and accomplished, and achieved remarkable results. After the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held, he presided over the formulation of Hebei Province's "Decision on In-depth Development of the Party's Basic Line Education", which provided strong guiding opinions on the province's study, publicity and implementation of the spirit of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Promote learning and implementation activities. In order to prosper Hebei's culture and art, the guiding ideology of "focusing on top talents and focusing on products" was put forward, which promoted the development of culture and art in the province in the right direction. For news work, we advocate the "striving for first-class" activities, so that the news work in the province will present a new dynamic and progressive situation. He initiated the Wuqiao International Acrobatic Art Festival and made positive contributions to promoting Hebei's traditional culture.
In July 1990, he served as Chairman and Party Secretary of the Sixth Hebei Provincial Committee of the CPPCC.
In May 1993, he served as Chairman and Party Secretary of the Seventh Hebei Provincial Committee of the CPPCC. Comrade Li Wenshan has a strong awareness of the overall situation, pays close attention to changes in domestic and international situations and major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, and maintains a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee in terms of ideology, politics and actions.
He has a high level of political theory and rich work experience, and is good at learning and applying Marxist-Leninist positions, viewpoints and methods to guide work. Deeply study and implement the Party's united front and the People's Political Consultative Conference theory, hold high the two banners of unity and democracy, broadly unite all democratic parties, people's organizations and people from all walks of life in the province, firmly grasp the characteristics and advantages of the CPPCC, and strengthen consultation Supervise functions and comprehensively improve the ability and level of the CPPCC to perform its functions. He pays attention to discussing major issues, attaches great importance to the proposal work of the CPPCC, and participates in government discussions on hot issues related to the national economy and people's livelihood. He has successively focused on governance rectification, adjustment of industrial structure, implementation of autonomy for large and medium-sized enterprises, cultivation of urban and rural markets, construction of clean government, and construction of corporate culture. He put forward some valuable suggestions to the central and provincial committees and the provincial government on various issues, and made significant contributions to the cause of the CPPCC and economic and social development.
After retiring in April 2004, Comrade Li Wenshan still cared about and supported various undertakings of reform and development in the province; she still cared about the prosperity and development of Hebei's traditional cultural undertakings, did a lot of work within her ability, and demonstrated The noble sentiments and qualities of an old party member and cadre.