Li Keqiang

Quick Facts

Full Name	Li Keqiang
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 1, 1955(1955-07-01)
Age	69
Birthplace	Dingyuan County
Country	China
Horoscope	Cancer

Li Keqiang Biography

Li Keqiang is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 1, 1955 in Dingyuan County, China. Li Keqiang was conceived in Hefei (Anhui province), on the 1st of July 1955. His father was an Anhui official.

Li is well-known for being outspoken. He led economic development in Henan and transformed the poor inland region into a desirable area for investment. Li didn’t waste time on superficial projects. Li travelled through every region of the province in search of a solution to the growing problems. Henan rose from 28th place in the early 1990s, to 18th when Li left Henan. His government was not effective in curbing HIV/AIDS, which was ravaging rural areas.

Li rose through the ranks through his involvement in the Communist Youth League. From 1998 to 2004, Li served as the Governor of Henan and the province’s party secretary. From 2004 to 2007 he served as the Party Secretary of Liaoning, the top political office in the province. From 2008 to 2013, Li served as the first-ranked Vice-Premier under then-Premier Wen Jiabao, overseeing a broad portfolio which included economic development, price controls, finance, climate change, and macroeconomic management.

Li was transferred to work as the Party Secretary in Liaoning in December 2004, taking on the top political office of the province. There he is known for the “Five-points to one Line” project, where he linked up Dalian and Dandong, as well as a series of other ports into a comprehensive network to improve trade flow.

Li was appointed secretary of the Communist Youth League at Peking University in 1982. As a member in 1983 of the Communist Youth League’s secretariat, he was promoted to the position of national leader of the Communist Youth League (CYL). Since then, he has been closely associated with Hu Jintao, a former Party General Secretary who rose up the ranks of CYL. Li was appointed the First Secretary of the organization in 1993, and he served until 1998. He is a representative of the first generation of CYL leaders.

Li Keqiang Net Worth

Li Keqiang is one of the richest Politician from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Li Keqiang 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Li Keqiang, /l i/ k@’tS j a : NG / – Chinese: Li Ke Qiang / Mandarin: [li khu.tchjaNG] – is a Chinese politician and the current Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. He was born on July 25, 1955. Li, a trade economist, is China’s head government and one of the key figures behind China’s Financial and Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, National Security and Deepening Reforms. Li is also second in rank on the Politburo Standing Committee of China’s Communist Party of China. This de facto top decision- making authority of China. Li, along with General Secretary Xi Jinping, is a key part of the “fifth Generation of Chinese leadership”. Forbes named Li the 12th most powerful person in the world in its 2015 and 2016 lists of the most powerful people.

Li graduated from Hefei No.8 High School in 1974 during the Cultural Revolution. He was sent to rural labor in Fengyang County in Anhui. He eventually joined the Communist Party of China, becoming the head of the local production group. During this period, he was awarded the Outstanding Individual in Study of Mao Zedong Thought. He refused to be groomed by his father for the local party leadership. Instead, he entered the School of Law at Peking university. There he earned his LLB and was elected president of the student council. Li Yining, a prominent economist, was his doctoral advisor. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in economics (PhD), in 1995. His doctoral dissertation received the Sun Yefang Prize in China, China’s highest economic prize.

Li became the youngest Chinese provincial governor in June 1998 when he was appointed governor of Henan at the age of 43. According to provincial officials working with him at the time, Li refused to participate in any banquets or large fancy events not related to government activities. During his time as governor, a public sense of his “bad luck” grew due to the occurrence of three major fires in the province.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Li Keqiang Dating?

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At the 18th Party Congress held in the fall of 2012, Li was elevated to the number two spot on the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and thereby became one of the top leaders of China. As he was expected to become Premier, this was a shift from previous convention on the PSC set in 1997 whereby the Premier ranked third, after the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, who ranked second. This change showed that the party intended to project Li as the number two figure in the Chinese political hierarchy, behind only party General Secretary Xi Jinping. Also in that same year, he had personally met with the openly gay Ma Baoli (a policeman turned businessman) to discuss the threat posed by HIV. In the same conversation, they discussed LGBT issues on preventing discrimination which has been interpreted as a sign that the People’s Republic is slowly coming around to the idea as major Chinese businesses have already begun tapping into the purchasing power of the LGBT community.

Facts & Trivia

Li Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Li Keqiang celebrates birthday on July 1 of every year.

Following the Third Plenum of 2013, Xi amassed a series of leadership roles on four new powerful supra-ministerial bodies overseeing “comprehensively deepening reforms”, the internet, military reform, and also the National Security Commission. The “deepening reforms” leading group was said to be encroaching on the affairs in the economic realm normally handled by the Premier, and was seen as having the effect of reducing Li’s institutional power. However, Li appeared in official press releases as Xi’s foremost lieutenant, being named Vice Chairman of the National Security Commission, in addition to becoming the deputy leader of leading groups on “deepening reforms”, internet security, and the economy and finance.

Who is Li Keqiang in China?

An economist by profession, Li is head of China’s executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China’s Financial and Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, National Security and Deepening Reforms.

Who is current Chinese Prime Minister?

Both the premier and the vice-premier are selected once every five years. The premier and the vice-premiers are limited to two terms. The premier has always been a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The incumbent premier is Li Keqiang, who took office on 15 March 2013.

When was Li Keqiang born?

July 1, 1955 (age 67 years)

What is the highest political office in China?

Currently, the General Secretary holds the authority of Paramount leader in China. Because China is a single-party state, the General Secretary holds the highest political position in the PRC and thus constitutes the most powerful position in China’s government.