Li Keqiang (李克强, Born July1955) is currently the Communist Party of ChinaLiaoning Province committee secretary in the People's Republic of China, an office that makes him first-in-charge in that province. He was earlier speculated as a possible successor to Hu Jintao in the "fifth generation" of CPC leadership. Look up July in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) also known as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å½å ±äº§å ; Traditional Chinese: ä¸åå ±ç£é»¨; Pinyin: ZhÅngguó GòngchÇndÇng) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: è¾½å®; Traditional Chinese: é¼å¯§; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hu Jintao (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Hú JÇntÄo; born December 21, 1942) is the current Paramount Leader of the Peoples Republic of China, holding the titles of President of the Peoples Republic of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission and General Secretary of the...
Li has degrees in law and economics (PhD) from the Peking University, and became China's youngest governor when appointed to be in charge of Henan Province in 1999 at the age of 43. He is known to be outspoken with a sharp tongue.
LiKeqiang, next in line in the nine-man club of China's senior mandarins, seemed more assured but looked stiff as he marched across the stage.
Like Hu, Li belongs to a new generation of Chinese leaders who are pragmatic, steeped in economic experience and increasingly have backgrounds in finance and law, in contrast to the engineers and soldiers who preceded them.
The highlight of the reshuffle was to have been Mr Hu's anointment of his protege LiKeqiang, 52, as his successor to the Chinese leadership in 2012.
The visit is known to be part of the efforts made by the Chinese central government to develop three provinces in the Northeastern part of the country, i.e.
This is Secretary LiKeqiang's first official visit to Gyeonggi Province since his inauguration in December 2004.
LiKeqiang (48) became the first secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Youth Corps at the age of 38 and rose to major positions, including Governor and Party Secretary of Hunan Province.