China's premier an advocate for reform 'dividend'
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March 16, 2013, Saturday
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LI Keqiang was endorsed as China's premier yesterday at the ongoing session of the 12th National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.
Nearly 3,000 NPC deputies voted to approve Li's nomination, clearing the way for Li to be appointed as premier by President Xi Jinping.
When the vote was announced, a smiling Li stood and bowed to the deputies. He shook hands with Xi and former Premier Wen Jiabao.
After the NPC meeting, Xi signed his first presidential decree to appoint Li as premier.
Li becomes the seventh premier since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, replacing Wen who had headed the State Council since 2003.
Born in 1955 in Anhui Province, he joined the Communist Party in 1976 and graduated from Peking University with law and economics degrees.
After working as provincial leader in Henan and Liaoning, he was elected to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in 2007 and appointed vice premier in 2008.
"The new premier bears an important but difficult mission," NPC deputy Wang Yuzhi said.
"We have high expectations of him and the new government."
After a decade of fast economic growth, China's strength has notably increased but the country also faces a tough task to push forward reform in key areas, Wang said.
Li has referred to reform as "the biggest dividend for China." He told a symposium: "Reform is like rowing upstream. Failing to advance means falling back. Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility."
Deputies also voted for China's military leaders yesterday.
Fan Changlong and Xu Qiliang were endorsed as vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission.
Chang Wanquan, Fang Fenghui, Zhang Yang, Zhao Keshi, Zhang Youxia, Wu Shengli, Ma Xiaotian and Wei Fenghe were appointed CMC members.
General Fan, born in May 1947, and General Xu, born in March 1950, are both members of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee and vice chairmen of the CPC Central Military Commission.
The NPC deputies also elected Zhou Qiang president of the Supreme People's Court and reelected Cao Jianming procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Nearly 3,000 NPC deputies voted to approve Li's nomination, clearing the way for Li to be appointed as premier by President Xi Jinping.
When the vote was announced, a smiling Li stood and bowed to the deputies. He shook hands with Xi and former Premier Wen Jiabao.
After the NPC meeting, Xi signed his first presidential decree to appoint Li as premier.
Li becomes the seventh premier since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, replacing Wen who had headed the State Council since 2003.
Born in 1955 in Anhui Province, he joined the Communist Party in 1976 and graduated from Peking University with law and economics degrees.
After working as provincial leader in Henan and Liaoning, he was elected to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in 2007 and appointed vice premier in 2008.
"The new premier bears an important but difficult mission," NPC deputy Wang Yuzhi said.
"We have high expectations of him and the new government."
After a decade of fast economic growth, China's strength has notably increased but the country also faces a tough task to push forward reform in key areas, Wang said.
Li has referred to reform as "the biggest dividend for China." He told a symposium: "Reform is like rowing upstream. Failing to advance means falling back. Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility."
Deputies also voted for China's military leaders yesterday.
Fan Changlong and Xu Qiliang were endorsed as vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission.
Chang Wanquan, Fang Fenghui, Zhang Yang, Zhao Keshi, Zhang Youxia, Wu Shengli, Ma Xiaotian and Wei Fenghe were appointed CMC members.
General Fan, born in May 1947, and General Xu, born in March 1950, are both members of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee and vice chairmen of the CPC Central Military Commission.
The NPC deputies also elected Zhou Qiang president of the Supreme People's Court and reelected Cao Jianming procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
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