Li Dezhu (Chinese: 李德洙; born November 1943) is a Chinese politician of Korean ethnicity who served as director of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission from 1998 to 2008. He was an alternate member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a representative of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.