The National People's Congress voted yesterday. Li Qiang received 2936 votes in favor, three -vote opposition, and eight votes.After the voting results were announced, the Chinese official, who had just re -appointed the President of the State the previous day, signed the first chairman on the spot and officially appointed Li Qiang as the Prime Minister.
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Li Qiang, the second ranking of the Political BureauA government should respond to the mission of internal and external challenges and realization of the recovery after the epidemic.
According to China's institutional arrangements, the candidates for the State Council are nominated by the President of the State and then voted by the National People's Congress.In the vote in the morning of Saturday (March 11), Li Qiang received 2936 votes in favor of 2947 valid votes, three votes opposed, and eight votes abstained.
When his former Li Keqiang first served as the Prime Minister in 2013, he received 2940 votes in favor, three -vote opposition, and six votes. In 2018, Li Keqiang was re -elected as the Prime Minister, and he was approved by 2964 votes and two votes.
After the voting results were announced, the Chinese official, which was re -elected as President of the State the day before, signed the President's Order on the spot and officially appointed Li Qiang as the Prime Minister.Li Qiang then bowed deeply and the podium, and the Chinese official stood up and shook hands with him with a smile.
Li Qiang went to Li Keqiang, who was here, and stood up with Li Qiang to congratulate Li Qiang.Li Keqiang then turned around and shook hands with Chinese officials, both smiled.
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October last year, Li Keqiang stepped down as the Standing Committee of the Politburo and withdrawn from the Central Committee. He stepped down as Prime Minister on Saturday, marking that he officially withdrew from politics.
Li Qiang, 64 years old, ranked among the Standing Committee of the Politburo after the 20th National Congress of the Politburo, sorted second only to the Chinese official of the General Secretary, and has no suspense as the Prime Minister.
Li Qiang's career is closely intersecting with Chinese officials. In the early 2000s, Chinese officials have been the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee in Zhejiang, of which Li Qiang, then Secretary -General of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, was assisted.
Li Qiang has long worked in the eastern coastal areas for a long time, and has rich experience in economic management.He has worked as "the first leader" in Wenzhou, the capital of the businessman, and also served as the governor of Zhejiang Province and the secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee.However, in the first half of last year, Shanghai experienced the epidemic creation, and implemented unprecedented urban measures, which made Li Qiang's career once covered with shadows.
Li Qiang served as the head of the Chinese government, breaking the practice of serving as Deputy Prime Minister after Zhou Enlai.
The Premier of the State Council was regarded as the helm of the Chinese economy, but as the CCP strengthened the party's centralized unified leadership in recent years, the influence of the Prime Minister was obviously weakened.
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Analysts believe that Li Qiang is trusted and can gain more space in terms of policy implementation; and he will be more faithfully implemented as the official loyalty of China.
Kou Jianwen, a special professor of the East Asia Research Institute of Taiwan Politburo, pointed out in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that compared with Li Keqiang and Wen Jiabao as the Prime Minister of the year, the domestic and foreign environments faced by mainland China were completely different.
He said: "Li Qiang must face more challenges, which will test Li Qiang's ability."
Affected by the multiple episodes, weak domestic demand, and downturn in the real estate market, the Chinese economy only achieved 3 % growth last year.The Chinese government announced on the 5th of this month that this year's economic growth target is about 5 %.
Promoting the economy and re -confidence will be the primary task of Li Qiang's government.Kou Jianwen pointed out that economic security, financial security, and maintaining social stability are all major problems facing Li Qiang.
In terms of external environment, Kou Jianwen believes that the United States will continue to curb China's rise and let Beijing face pressure in military and diplomacy; mainland China must also try to be independent in science and technology.
The National People's Congress also voted for voting on Saturday, and decided that Zhang Youxia and He Weidong were vice chairman of the China Central Military Commission. Li Shangfu, Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua, and Zhang Shengmin were members of the China Central Military Commission.
The conference also elected Liu Jinguo, deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was the director of the National Supervision Commission, Zhang Jun was the director of the Supreme People's Court, and Ying Yong was the Attorney General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
The National People's Congress will continue to vote on the vice prime minister and State Council, etc., which will continue to vote on Sunday, to form a new cabinet.Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, is expected to be the executive deputy prime minister, and members of the Politburo Liu Guozhong, He Lifeng, and Zhang Guoqing are expected to serve as the Deputy Prime Minister.
