- Title: Profile of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ahead of crucial party congress
- Date: 10th October 2022
- Summary: Premier-in-waiting Li was included in the Politburo Standing Committee as China's ruling Communist Party unveiled its new leadership line-up to steer the world's second-largest economy for the next five years. The number of members has been reduced to seven from nine, as expected, which should help ease consensus-building as they tackled everything from growing social unrest to uncertainty in the domestic and global economy. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - NOVEMBER 15, 2012) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ARRIVAL OF THEN-PRESIDENT-IN-WAITING XI JINPING, THEN-PREMIER-IN-WAITING LI, AND OTHER POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS STANDING IN LINE XI AND LI WAVING China's legislature elected Li as premier, installing an English-speaking bureaucrat as the man in charge of the world's second-largest economy and its goal of reviving growth through consumer-led expansion. Nearly 3,000 delegates gathered in Beijing's Great Hall of the People to vote on Li's appointment to replace Wen Jiabao, putting the final stamp of approval on a generational transition of power. Li would head China's State Council, or cabinet, and was charged with executing government policy and overseeing the economy. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - MARCH 15, 2013) (REUTERS) PARLIAMENT SESSION IN PROGRESS NEWLY-ELECTED CHINESE PREMIER, LI, STANDING UP AND BOWING / PEOPLE CLAPPING / XI AND LI SHAKING HANDS TV SCREEN SHOWING VOTING RESULTS FOR LI LI AND PREDECESSOR, WEN JIABAO, SHAKING HANDS
- Embargoed: 24th October 2022 01:39
- Keywords: CCP China Chinese Communist Party Li Keqiang Politburo file leadership politician premier
- Location: BEIJING, LONGMENXIANG TOWNSHIP, LUSHAN COUNTY, CHENGDU, TIANJIN, WUHAN, CHINA / PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA / ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
- City: BEIJING, LONGMENXIANG TOWNSHIP, LUSHAN COUNTY, CHENGDU, TIANJIN, WUHAN, CHINA / PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA / ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
- Country: China
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA003876101011970RP1
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China's ruling Communist Party meets on October 16 for the biggest reshuffle of its economic leadership in a decade, with Li Keqiang expected to step down in March 2023 after two terms as premier, a position tasked with managing the world's number two economy.
It is expected the party conclave will offer clues on who is in line for top posts and identify who succeeds Li, 67, who is widely perceived to have seen his role diminished under President Xi Jinping but has nonetheless been a source of comfort to investors who view him as a moderate voice.
Retirement age for top leaders is conventionally 68 or two five-year terms. Xi is expected to maintain these norms for leaders other than himself.
Li has a doctorate in economics from the elite Peking University and speaks fluent English.
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