(29 October 1889 - 28 April 1927) was a Chinese intellectual and revolutionary who participated in the New Cultural Movement in the early years of the RoC, established in 1912. He co-founded the CCP with Chen Duxiu in July 1921. He helped build a united front between the CCP and Sun Yat-sen's Nationalist Party in early 1924. During the Northern Expedition, Li was arrested and then executed by warlord Zhang Zuolin in Beijing in 1927