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Wang Qishan
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10th Vice President of the People's Republic of China from 2018 to 2023
Key facts
- President
- Xi Jinping
- Preceded by
- Li Yuanchao
- Succeeded by
- Han Zheng
- Deputy
- Zhao Hongzhu ; others
- Premier
- Wen Jiabao
- Portfolio
- Finance, Commerce, others
- Born
- ( 1948-07-19 ) 19 July 1948 (age 77) , Qingdao , Shandong , Republic of China
- Party
- Chinese Communist Party (1973–)
- Children
- Anita Yiu Suen (adopted daughter)
- Relatives
- Yao Yilin (father-in-law)
- Alma mater
- Northwest University
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Qingdao
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Northwest University
- Employer
- Tsinghua University
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Time 100
- Image
- Wang Qishan in May 2018.jpg
- Political ideology
- communism
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- date of birth
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- Wang Qishan
- name in native language
- 王岐山
- political alignment
- far-left politics
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Encyclopedic overview
Wang Qishan (/wɑːŋ tʃiːˈʃɑːn/; Chinese: 王岐山; Wade–Giles: Wang Ch'i-shan; born 19 July 1948) is a retired Chinese politician who was one of the leading members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Wang gained prominence in China's financial sector in the late 1980s. In 1994, Wang became the governor of the China Construction Bank. Wang then successively served in three regional roles: vice governor of Guangdong, Party secretary of Hainan, and Mayor of Beijing. Wang then served as vice premier in charge of finance and commercial affairs under Premier Wen Jiabao from March 2008 to March 2013, during which he also gained a seat on the Politburo.
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