{"id":150,"date":"2023-03-11T07:02:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/li-qiang-endorsed-as-chinese-premier-at-national-peoples-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T07:02:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:02:28","slug":"li-qiang-endorsed-as-chinese-premier-at-national-peoples-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/li-qiang-endorsed-as-chinese-premier-at-national-peoples-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Li Qiang Endorsed As Chinese Premier at National People’s Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning at the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, the Chinese national legislature, Li Qiang was endorsed as the Chinese premier.[0]<\/a><\/sup> The 63-year-old former Shanghai party chief, who oversaw the city's gruelling two-month lockdown last spring, was named the successor of outgoing premier Li Keqiang at a meeting of the country's rubber-stamp parliament.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Li received 2,936 votes in favour, with three votes cast against him and eight abstentions, according to totals projected on a screen inside the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.[2]<\/a><\/sup> He will make his much-anticipated first appearance on the international scene on Monday during the leader's customary media Q&A after the legislative session concludes.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Li is one of the most trusted prot\u00e9g\u00e9s of Xi, the country's most powerful leader in decades, and is widely perceived to be pragmatic and business-friendly.[3]<\/a><\/sup> He faces the daunting task of shoring up China's uneven economic recovery after three years of COVID-19 curbs, weak confidence among consumers and the private sector, as well as global headwinds.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The National People's Congress also appointed Liu Jinguo as director of the National Commission of Supervision, an anti-corruption body, Ying Yong, 65, as procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the highest prosecutors' office, and Zhang Jun, 66, as president of the Supreme People's Court, the nation's top court.[3]<\/a><\/sup> Wang Huning, 67, the country's chief ideological theorist, was elected Friday as chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In the past, the premiership was a position with a great deal of authority over the economy; however, in the last ten years, Xi has seized control of nearly all decision-making, consequently diminishing the power of the premiership.[4]<\/a><\/sup> Those who have encountered Li describe him as someone who is practical-minded, a competent government operative, and encouraging of private businesses.[5]<\/a><\/sup> He is also the first premier since the Mao era not to have previously worked at the State Council, China's cabinet, as vice premier, analysts say.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Last week, outgoing premier Li Keqiang declared a growth goal of roughly 5% for 2023, one of the most minor in decades, as the number two economy of the world struggles against formidable obstacles.[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

0. <\/span>“Li Qiang endorsed as Chinese premier – Chinadaily.com.cn” China Daily, 11 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202303\/11\/WS640bd574a31057c47ebb3bb0.html<\/a><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>“Who Is Li Qiang? Xi Aide Likely to Step Into Premier Job” Bloomberg, 11 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-03-10\/china-s-leadership-takes-shape-as-xi-aide-steps-into-premier-job<\/a><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>“Li Qiang becomes China's premier, tasked with reviving economy” CNBC, 11 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/03\/11\/li-qiang-becomes-chinas-premier-tasked-with-reviving-economy.html<\/a><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>“Li Qiang appointed China's Premier to jump-start battered economy” The Straits Times, 11 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/li-qiang-appointed-china-s-premier-to-jump-start-battered-economy<\/a><\/p>\n

4. <\/span>“China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier” Kyodo News Plus, 11 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2023\/03\/731ae0234313-breaking-news-china-ruling-partys-no-2-leader-li-qiang-elected-premier.html<\/a><\/p>\n

5. <\/span>“Li Qiang: Xi Jinping\u2019s right hand man behind sweeping Covid lockdown elected China\u2019s new premier” AOL, 11 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/li-qiang-xi-jinping-hand-100041384.html<\/a><\/p>\n

6. <\/span>“China appoints Li Qiang, a trusted ally of Xi Jinping, as premier” erienewsnow.com, 11 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.erienewsnow.com\/story\/48530909\/china-appoints-li-qiang-a-trusted-ally-of-xi-jinping-as-premier<\/a><\/p>\n

7. <\/span>“Li Qiang appointed as Chinese premier” Bangkok Post, 11 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/world\/2525501\/li-qiang-appointed-as-chinese-premier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning at the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress, the Chinese national legislature, Li Qiang was endorsed as the Chinese premier.[0] The 63-year-old former Shanghai party chief, who oversaw the city’s gruelling two-month lockdown last spring, was named the successor of outgoing premier Li Keqiang at a meeting of the country’s rubber-stamp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enjoyingthisjourney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}