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Li Keqiang

Li Keqiang, born in 1955, became China's premier in March 2013. Like ex-president Hu Jintao, his power base lies with the Communist Youth League, where he was a member of the secretariat of the league’s central committee in the 1980s and later in the 1990s the secretariat’s first secretary. His regional governance experience includes a period as vice party boss, governor and party boss of Henan province between 1998 and 2003 and party boss of Liaoning province beginning in 2004. He became vice premier in 2008. Li graduated from Peking University with a degree in economics.

Li Keqiang

3 Oct 2012

Vice Premier of the PRC

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Qianhai bypassed as firms head for Shanghai Free-trade Zone

1 Oct 2013

Qianhai first, Hong Kong next? While Hong Kong officials have been concerned about the impact of Shanghai's free-trade zone, it seems it is already stealing business from Qianhai.

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Where was Li Keqiang at the opening ceremony of Shanghai free-trade zone?

30 Sep 2013

Yesterday, the Shanghai free-trade zone was officially launched. To the disappointment of some, the highest-ranking official from Beijing at the ceremony in the new zone was Commerce Minister Gao...

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Li warning heats up Hong Kong-Shanghai debate

19 Sep 2013

Hong Kong dealmaker par excellence Li Ka-shing, fondly known to locals as Superman, says Shanghai's free-trade zone could be Kryptonite to the city in which he built his fortune.

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Li Keqiang to focus on smart and green urbanisation

13 Sep 2013

Investors banking on a big-bang building programme as part of Premier Li Keqiang's centrepiece urbanisation programme may be in for a major disappointment.

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Reforms enter critical stage, says Premier Li Keqiang

12 Sep 2013

Premier Li Keqiang says Beijing's economic restructuring drive has entered a critical stage, with an overhaul of the financial sector one of the most important and most complicated tasks to be...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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Shanghai free-trade zone may be extended to cover Pudong

The central government may eventually expand its proposed Hong Kong-like free-trade zone in Shanghai to cover the entire Pudong district, government sources say.

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Shanghai vice mayor Ai Baojun to head up free-trade zone later this month

Government sources familiar with the plan told the South China Morning Post that it will launch on September 27, when senior central government officials will fly to the city to attend a ceremony...

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China Development Bank loans point to stealthy economic stimulus

China Development Bank (CDB) has agreed to fund massive infrastructure borrowing by three mainland provincial governments in the latest sign of an effort by Beijing to prop up growth with targeted...

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ECONOMY

Key Chinese cities and provinces set to receive stimulus - on the quiet

Government and banking industry sources familiar with the situation told the South China Morning Post that Agricultural Bank of China (Agbank), one of the big four state lenders, signed an...

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FOCUS

Shanghai's Disney park major beneficiary of HK$314b Agbank loan

The Agricultural Bank of China has just sprinkled a lot of magic over Shanghai in the form of a huge loan, and the beneficiaries will include Mickey and Minnie and friends.

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LEADER

China's need to reform its financial system is growing urgent

Beijing's decision to audit local government debt may be week-old news, but it won't be the last time moves to curb regional excesses will make headlines.

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