Wang Qishan

Wang Qishan was born in Qingdao, Shandong in 1948, and graduated from the History Department of Northwest University in 1976. Wang was a deputy governor of China's central bank between 1993 and 1994, then president of China Construction Bank from 1994 to 1997. He was appointed acting mayor of Beijing when SARS struck the city in spring 2003, and served as mayor until 2007. Known for his straight-talking style and financial management expertise, Wang was promoted to vice premier in 2008. He became a member of the Politburo Standing Committee during the 18th Party Congress in November 2012, as well as secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Wang Qishan

3 Oct 2012

Vice Premier of the PRC, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

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China has at least 1.18 million ready-to-flee 'naked officials', anti-corruption rant reveals

27 Feb 2013

First published by Beijing Evening News (then deleted) yesterday, the figure attributed to Chinese Academy of Governance professor Zhu Lijia has been republished by Xinhua earlier today.

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26 Feb 2013

Work-related graft will continue to grow this year after surging last year, the mainland's leading think tank said in an annual report released on Monday, urging the new leadership to immediately...

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Beijing bribery cases up in 2012

27 Jan 2013

Zhang Guoying, director of the anti-corruption office of the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate, told the Beijing People's Congress yesterday that municipal prosecutors had handed 1,883 graft cases...

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Tocqueville's advice on French revolution captures Chinese leaders' attention

22 Jan 2013

The argument that revolutions occur in times of rising prosperity and growing inequality has caught the attention of China's leadership

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Obama eyes 'frank and fruitful' relations with China's new leaders

22 Dec 2012

US President Barack Obama has told Vice-Premier Wang Qishan that he will seek to maintain "energetic, frank and fruitful" relations with China's new leadership, state media reported yesterday.

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Who said it?

We have to come to terms with the fact that we have become interdependent and inseparable

Vice-Premier Wang Qishan on trade ties with the U.S.

It's very stress relieving....

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Talking Points

Vice-premier in Washington for trade talks

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Anti-corruption tsar hears calls for transparency

China’s ruling elite should be forced to disclose their assets, according to proposals put to the new anti-corruption tsar, it was reported on Monday as news of another graft scandal broke.

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CORRUPTION

Can problem-solver Wang Qishan get the job done on graft?

In Chinese politics, it is believed that a leader's personality and wisdom can help change the course of history, but that such qualities are not always enough.

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POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE

Seven men who rule a billion

Who is Xi Jinping? Although he has finally risen to the supreme office in the world's most populous nation and second-largest economic power, Xi Jinping remains an enigmatic cipher - even to many...

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COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS

Who's who: seven party heavyweights named to China's Politburo core

China's top leadership committee was reduced from nine to seven members: Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, Zhang Gaoli.

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