#Comrade Li Keqiang passed away# On October 26, 2023, Comrade Li Keqiang, former Premier of the State Council, died in Shanghai at the age of 68 due to a heart attack at 0:10. The news of the Prime Minister's departure was too sudden, and the Prime Minister went all the way!
Premier Li Keqiang
Premier Li Keqiang
In July 1955, Li Keqiang was born in a cadre family in Dingyuan, Anhui Province, he received a good family education since he was a child, and entered the No. 8 Middle School in Hefei City, Anhui Province after middle school. When he was a teenager, Li Keqiang was greatly influenced by his father "Li Fengsan".
Lee Bong-sam photo
Popular science: Li Fengsan, born in 1915 in Jiuzi Village, Dingyuan County, Anhui Province, is the second oldest in the family, he is the only one among his brothers and sisters who has ever read, and his cultural foundation is also very profound, and he is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Fengsan secretly came to Bengbu to find the party organization, and then devoted himself to the construction of the Huainan anti-Japanese base area. During the War of Liberation, Li Fengsan insisted on guerrilla struggle in Fengyang Mountain on the south bank of the Huai River.
After the liberation of Anhui, Li Fengsan participated in the restoration and reconstruction of Fengyang and served as the magistrate of Fengyang County. Later, he served as the deputy director of the Anhui Provincial Local Chronicles Office until his retirement. Lee Lee Bong-sam died in 1999 at the age of 84.
Founded in 1956, Hefei No. 8 Middle School is a famous Chinese school with personality and characteristics with the motto of "self-improvement and pursuit of excellence" and the school spirit of "respecting teachers, cultivating talents, striving for ambition and seeking truth".
Just as Li Keqiang was about to enter middle school, all schools across the country were shut down and university entrance exams were cancelled. Although Li Keqiang, who has been studious since childhood, has excellent grades, he has to drop out of school and stay at home.
At that time, his father "Li Fengsan" often took Li Keqiang to talk about literature and Taoism with Li Cheng, a master of Chinese studies who worked in the Anhui Provincial Museum of Culture and History.
Li Keqiang has met a mentor and is diligent and studious
13-year-old Li Keqiang
Li Keqiang when he was a child
Li Keqiang was smart and studious since he was a child, and he was extremely talented, Li Cheng regarded him as a protégé, taught him earnestly, and taught him Chinese classical literature, methods of learning, and ancient and modern anecdotes, and sometimes seriously explained the text and opened a reading catalogue for him.
Li Cheng asked Li Keqiang to read the history of the country such as "Historical Records", "Book of Han", "Book of the Later Han", and "Zizhi Tongjian", and recited the "Zhaoming Anthology" and "Ancient Chinese Dictionary Compilation" and other ancient anthologies for Li Keqiang.
Whenever Li Keqiang didn't understand or understood something, he explained it to him in a calm tone. In the five years that Li Cheng was his teacher, in the days of "suspending classes and making revolutions", Li Keqiang's studies were not only not wasted, but his knowledge increased day by day.
In March 1974, Li Keqiang left home to join the queue in Fengyang, a rural area, under the call of "intellectual youth to go to the countryside and accept the re-education of poor middle peasants".
"Fengyang" is the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and has the reputation of "the hometown of the emperor". From the city to this remote and poor place, Li Keqiang has experienced hardships. Due to the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, his skin once ulcerated all over his body.
Even in this extremely difficult situation, he continued to work in the fields, mostly working in the fields throughout the year with dry food and pickles printed with the words "Serve the People". The hard work life has tempered Li Keqiang's muscles and bones, and also sharpened his will.
At the same time, Li Keqiang also tried to put his knowledge into practice, leading farmers to farm scientifically and promote improved rice varieties, which won the support of farmers and the appreciation of the commune party committee.
In May 1976, Li Keqiang officially joined the Communist Party of China and became a party member.
On May 15, 1997, Li Keqiang, then the first secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, published an article entitled "Remembering Mr. Li Cheng" in Anhui Daily. In the article, he recalled the bits and pieces of his interaction with his mentor and spoke highly of Li Cheng.
The college entrance examination was resumed, and he was successfully admitted to the Law Department of Peking University
Premier Li Keqiang
In August 1977, Deng Xiaoping made a decision to resume the college entrance examination. Li Keqiang immediately began to prepare textbooks and actively prepare for the exam, in order to go to university. In December of the same year, the exam, which was held in the winter, became a turning point in the era.
When filling in the college entrance examination volunteers, Li Keqiang's first choice was Anhui Normal University, and his second choice was Peking University. Because this year's "college entrance examination" is the most competitive year since the founding of New China, I heard that the admission ratio is 29 to 1, and he is worried that the admission score of Peking University is too high, so he can only be used as a second choice.
In the same year, Li Keqiang was admitted to the coveted law department of Peking University, which was a sensation in Fengyang at that time.
In December 1978, representatives of 18 peasant households in Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Anhui Province, dared to defy the condemnation of the world and jointly signed a contract for the distribution of land and the distribution of production to households, thus opening the prelude to the reform of China's rural economic system.
In March of this year, Li Keqiang bid farewell to his four-year life in the queue with a longing, left Fengyang, which will be known as the birthplace of China's rural reform in the future, and entered Peking University.
Li Keqiang took a group photo with his classmates when he was studying at Peking University
Li Keqiang took a group photo with his classmates
From the old photos, it can be seen that Li Keqiang was thin and calm at that time, showing a maturity rarely seen by his peers. He studied law at Peking University, and at that time law was still a top-secret major, and the selection standards for students were very high.
Because he is a party member and has a high degree of learning, Li Keqiang was "adjusted" here. The selection of the best of the best has made the "77-level" law department the "Huangpu Phase I" in the mouth of Yang Dunxian, a professor of the Law School.
At that time, the 82 law students in the seventh and seventh grades were all called "Whampoa Phase I", and they were active in thinking, which was incomparable to ordinary students. Professor Yang Dunxian was most impressed by Li Keqiang.
Premier Li Keqiang's graduation photo
Li Keqiang usually doesn't talk much, and his long-term rural life makes him extra self-disciplined, and almost all of his time is spent on reading.
When there were no classes, he went to the library early in the morning with a yellow military satchel on his back, and stayed until the library closed except for lunch and dinner.
During his studies at Peking University, Li Keqiang gave his classmates the impression that he was low-key, calm and gentle. When taking group photos, he always stands in the back, or on the very edge; At the dinner table, he doesn't create topics but prefers to follow them; He dressed modestly, and almost only wore two coats and two pants in rotation during his four years of college; He is even less particular about eating, always eating something casually and drinking a few sips of cold water.
In the middle is Li Keqiang
Even though life is so difficult, Li Keqiang is still the focus of attention of his classmates. During recess, he was always surrounded by classmates who came to ask questions about English and majors, and he was "very analytical and incisive" every time.
During the class discussion, he showed a profound and sharp side. Professor Yang Dunxian once said that Li Keqiang often thinks about the interaction between legislation and the country's political system, and he is most impressed.
During his time at the university, Li Keqiang had already made a name for himself academically, and once submitted a paper "The Rule of Law Machine and the System, Information and Control of Society", which tried to explain the problems of law with modern cybernetics and systems theory, and was rated as an excellent paper by the school.
Li Keqiang later said with emotion: "At Peking University, a certain equal relationship between students and teachers is based on respect for knowledge and advocating truth. In the face of knowledge and truth, it does not matter about the decency and dignity of the individual. This can also be said to be a kind of teacher's way. ”
Li Keqiang's spirit of hard work is vividly reflected in the study of English, especially hard work. In order to overcome this problem, Li Keqiang made a small book himself, with English words on the front and Chinese explanations on the back.
Every day, whether he goes to the cafeteria to eat or goes out to take the bus, he takes a small notebook and memorizes it anytime and anywhere. In the accumulation of bits and pieces, Li Keqiang's English level improved by leaps and bounds, and soon became the leader of the class.
With his excellent English skills, Li Keqiang also translated more than 10,000 words of "British Constitutional Materials". At that time, the developed countries of the West began to surge the wave of new technological revolution, and invaded the social field, and computers were also married to the law. Li Keqiang also successfully translated the Outline of the History of the British Constitution and sent it to the Department of Law for printing as a reference material for teaching.
In order to learn international business law well, Li Keqiang and several classmates once went to the China International Trust and Investment Company founded by Rong Yiren for an internship.
While studying maritime law, he and his classmates went to Tianjin Xingang for a field trip. At that time, many students didn't even know what international business law and maritime law were, and Li Keqiang had already borrowed English classics on economic law and other aspects to read in the library. For many years afterward, he kept in the habit of reading the original English books.
In January 1982, 27 students including Li Keqiang graduated from "Huangpu Phase I" and were rated as outstanding graduates of Peking University.
On May 1, 1973, the second (sixth) class of Hefei No. 8 High School took a group photo at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, and the second from the right in the back row was 18-year-old Li Keqiang
Ma Shijiang, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Peking University at that time, took a fancy to Li Keqiang's leadership ability and calm character, and talked to him more than 10 times, asking him to stay on campus as secretary of the Peking University Committee of the Communist Youth League and lead nearly 10,000 members of the Communist Youth League of the university.
After Ma Shijiang's many ideological work mobilizations, Li Keqiang chose to stay in school. At that time, the Peking University Student Union learned from the system of student unions in some colleges and universities in Hong Kong, and also tried to establish a powerful Standing Committee of the Peking University Student Council to supervise and regulate the student unions.
The Standing Congress is attended by a representative elected by each department and each grade to discuss and decide on major matters related to students, and is the highest authority of the student congress of the whole university during the intersessional period, and is known as the "Student People's Congress".
Li Keqiang, who served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Peking University Student Council, recalled that "at the [Student Union] Standing Congress... Among liberal arts students, Li Keqiang spoke more and had sharp and profound insights. ”
After serving as the secretary of the Youth League Committee, Li Keqiang made the work of the Communist Youth League of Peking University impressive and very active. At that time, what attracted college students was that every activity of the regimental school was closely related to the actual situation of the students. The students said that in the regimental school, they not only learned theories and exercised their abilities, but more importantly, they solved all kinds of cognitive problems that we encountered in different periods.
On December 20, 1982, the 11th National Congress of the Communist Youth League of China was held in Beijing. The First Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League elected 17 people to form the Standing Committee, Wang Zhaoguo was the first secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and Li Keqiang was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.
What kind of love story does Premier Li Keqiang and his wife have?
Li Keqiang's "virtuous helper" - Cheng Hong
The second from the right is "Cheng Hong"
Cheng Hong in her youth
During this period, after being introduced by a friend, Li Keqiang met Cheng Hong, who was two years younger than him. The two are like-minded and have endless topics. At this time, Cheng Hong was studying at Peking University, and later met and married Li Keqiang, and the two had a daughter after marriage.
Why can "Cheng Hong" become Premier Li Keqiang's soft power?
Prime Minister's wife Cheng Hong
Cheng Hong was born in Zhengzhou, Henan Province in 1957, and his ancestral home is Junan, Shandong. She graduated from Luoyang People's Liberation Army Foreign Chinese College and holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
She studied English at Tsinghua University and was a visiting scholar at Brown University in the United States.
She is a typical Chinese intellectual and university professor, who has been engaged in teaching and research on university campuses for many years.
Cheng Hong is the kind of person who is very kind, very low-key, does not like publicity, and has a good business.
Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister's wife Cheng Hong
Cheng Hong doesn't like cumbersome administrative tasks and boring socializing, she prefers the campus, and is full of enthusiasm for teaching and learning.
Since Li Keqiang entered Zhongnanhai as vice premier, his wife Cheng Hong has mainly started to do research work. She wants to stay away from all the flashy distractions, and just wants to "study quietly". As the wife of Premier Li Keqiang, Cheng Hong stayed away from a lot of socializing and socializing, and also avoided nepotism becoming the capital for others, relatives and friends to make money.
This cannot simply be regarded as the high level of an intellectual, but reflects her character, so Cheng Hong has also won people's respect, and she has also been praised by overseas media as "Li Keqiang's soft power".
Cheng Hong once quoted "the scholars of the past are themselves, and the scholars of today are people" in the Analects to explain his attitude towards scholarship and life.
She said that "for oneself" is to find one's own academic interest, improve one's own literacy, adhere to the ethics of scholars, and slowly move forward on the road of pursuing true knowledge.
"Being a person" is to be responsible for the family and the society on the basis of the former, and to be a responsible person.
I hope that everyone will start from themselves, study in a down-to-earth manner, and be an honest person. I know this is a bit outdated, but the traditional virtues and ethics of the Chinese nation still need to be upheld.
In the first few years of their marriage, Li Keqiang's work location changed frequently due to work reasons, Cheng Hong had to teach and run a family, and had to live separately from Li Keqiang for a while, so Cheng Hong experienced a difficult 5 years.
Seven or eight hours on the train to visit relatives each time is also Cheng Hong's working time. She wrote in the preface to the translation series: "I spent 5 years taking care of the elderly with cancer at home and accompanying her to the end of her life."
The old man has been sick for many years, and Cheng Hong is at home to accompany and serve, she can really be called a good wife and mother.
Even so, she has published two translations, The Waking Forest and The Distant House. Because she often spends seven or eight hours on the train, a large part of the translation is written down after reading the original book on the train, thinking about the translation repeatedly, and then recording it after getting off the train.
She calls this work a heart-to-heart conversation with a writer of nature literature, saying: "Gradually, I got used to being quiet in a noisy environment. While raising her daughter and honoring the elderly, she traveled from place to place to visit her husband. while running a family and concentrating on academic research", Cheng Hong is a well-deserved "virtuous helper" of Premier Li Keqiang.
Cheng Hong
In 1997, 40-year-old Cheng Hong was awarded the school's outstanding teacher and won the honorary title of municipal level. She is the only municipal teaching achievement award won by a faculty member of the Department of Foreign Languages.
In 2000, at the age of 44, Cheng Hong received a doctorate in literature, was promoted to professor in 2001, and published the first systematic introduction and review of American nature literature in China, "Finding the Wilderness"
Since 2002, Cheng Hong has spent about ten years translating four classic works of American nature literature: "The Awakening Forest", "The Distant House", "The Solace of the Heart" and "The Whispering Wilderness".
Translation is actually a lonely job, and it is difficult for a university professor to translate a series of books by himself, but unexpectedly, Cheng Hong persevered.
In 2011, the Department of Foreign Languages of Capital University of Economics and Business was approved as a master's program in the first-level discipline of foreign Chinese and literature, and in 2012, Cheng Hong began to take master's students.
The kind-hearted Cheng Hong is very popular with students, and she was elected twice when the whole school voted for the "Top Ten Teachers in My Mind".
In 2013, after Li Keqiang became prime minister, as Li Keqiang's wife, she deliberately kept a low profile, staying away from social socializing, and did not show much difference at school, and she had been teaching students before. It was only after Li Keqiang became vice premier that he changed to mainly do research work
A colleague who has worked with Cheng Hong for more than 10 years said: "She just likes to be a teacher, and even when her husband Li Keqiang held an important position in the local government, Cheng Hong insisted on teaching at school."
She likes to be academic, and she is also very kind to her students and colleagues. After Li Keqiang became the premier, there was a "prime minister's wife" in the department, which made the teachers and students of the foreign language department excited for a while, but then everyone still went to and from class normally. Cheng Hong also did his studies as usual, and he didn't have any shelves
Prime Minister's wife Cheng Hong
A graduate student said: "We all know that Ms. Cheng Hong is the wife of the prime minister, but we feel very normal. ”
As the Prime Minister's wife, one of her trips was to meet with the wives of dignitaries from various countries, and her knowledge and affection for African culture earned her the approval of the wives of dignitaries who accompanied her.
She likes to listen quietly to locals talk about their own culture, such as how to settle legal disputes under the fig tree, and in Nigeria, the 15-minute greeting between her and the president's wife was extended to 1 hour and 15 minutes
Every time someone asks her about her profession, Cheng Hong always says, "I'm a university professor, it's my profession, I love teaching and reading, but I also like to cook at home and feed my husband and daughter, these two things can be perfectly combined." ”
In Cheng Hong's heart, she felt: "To educate a man well, just to educate a person well, to educate a woman well, is to educate a family." ”
The first visit of Li Keqiang and his wife Cheng Hong
On the morning of May 4, 2014, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council visited Africa, accompanied by his wife Cheng Hong. This is Cheng Hong's first trip with Li Keqiang, and it is also the first official appearance of the wife of a Chinese premier.
Mr. and Mrs. Li Keqiang visited Africa
"It is true that you may forget the person who laughed with you, but you will never forget the person who cried with you."
On May 5, 2015, Li Keqiang mentioned this poem by the Arab-American writer Gibran in his speech at the African Union Conference Center. At that time, his wife Cheng Hong was sitting in the audience, and the two of them had been together for more than 30 years.
28-year-old Li Keqiang
On December 8, 1983, the Second Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League was held in Beijing, and Li Yuanchao and Song Defu were added as secretaries of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and Li Keqiang was appointed as alternate secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.
At that time, Li Keqiang, who was only 28 years old, set three sentences for himself: "Read from a wordless place, work with people with liver and gall, and advance towards potential goals." ”
He believes that a truly strong person must not only have the spirit of dedicating himself to society and the nation, but also have a large ideological capacity.
In 1985, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League was held, and Li Keqiang, who was only 30 years old, was co-opted as the secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.
Li Keqiang
The "Hope Project" is a public welfare undertaking initiated by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the China Youth Development Foundation in 1989 with the aim of helping out-of-school children in poor areas.
In the middle is Li Keqiang
In March 1990, Li Keqiang, as the vice chairman of the China Youth Development Foundation, led a delegation of the China Youth Development Foundation to Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, where Liu Deng's army fought, to select the site for the country's first "Hope Primary School". The current situation in the old area shook the hearts of Li Keqiang and other comrades of the inspection team, and also strengthened their determination to implement the "Hope Project".
Two months later, the country's first "Hope Primary School" was born in Jinzhai, Anhui Province, which is a new thing in the history of Chinese education!
Soon, the "Hope Project" became the most extensive, most influential, and highly reputable civil society public welfare undertaking in mainland China in the 90s of the 20th century. Ordinary people don't know that some important management systems of the "Hope Project" were personally supervised by Li Keqiang.
Li Keqiang
The second from the left is Li Keqiang
In June 1998, Li Ke emphasized going to the Central Plains to serve as deputy secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, and took over as acting governor a month later, and became a regular six months later, at the age of 44. Li Keqiang became the youngest governor in the country at that time, and the first "doctor governor".
In 2002, Li Keqiang served as the secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee.
In August 2003, when Li Keqiang was the secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, he chatted with farmers in Xinxiang, Henan
At the end of December 2004, the Central Committee announced that Li Kecheng would be appointed secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee.
On October 22, 2007, at the First Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Li Keqiang became a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
The first session of the 11th National People's Congress held the seventh plenary session and decided that Li Keqiang and four others will be vice premiers of the State Council.
Premier Li Keqiang
Premier Li Keqiang
Premier Li Keqiang
Li Keqiang is the only member of the Politburo Standing Committee among the vice premiers (the other three are all Politburo members), and the youngest of the four. Li Keqiang is not only the first "post-50s" vice premier, but also the youngest vice premier in the past 20 years.
In May 2011, Li Keqiang returned to his verdant alma mater, Yanyuan, to attend the launching ceremony of the torch lighting and relay of the World University Games.
He looked at the old photos of the Red Mansion in the exhibition hall of the school history museum, and said with emotion: "I entered the school in the 77th grade. He pointed to the campus overlook and said, "This is the dormitory where we lived at the time, this is where the classrooms are located, and this is the big dining room." ”
Photographed on October 30, 2015
Premier Li Keqiang
Since joining the work in March 1974, Li Keqiang has always played the role of a "scissorman", he has cut all the excessive power and unnecessary rules and regulations that the government has held in history, and used the government's subtraction to give enterprises an open and fair growth environment.
Premier Li Keqiang
He is a calm and hard trade-breaker, a wall-breaker of old ideas, and an innovator who has faced downward pressure on China's economy during the three-year epidemic.
He chose to further break down the barriers at home and abroad, regional boundaries, and between urban and rural areas, while at the same time shattering outdated concepts and mindsets. The key words that belong to him have always been "streamlining administration and delegating power", "reasonable range", "adjusting structure", "promoting reform", and "benefiting people's livelihood".
His innovative formulations are: "negative list", "responsibility list" and "power list".
He served as a member of the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Central Committee, a member of the Political Bureau and Standing Committee of the 17th, 18th and 19th Central Committee, and a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress.
In March 2023, Comrade Li Keqiang will no longer serve as Premier of the State Council. After retiring from the leadership post, he resolutely supported and supported the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, cared about the development of the cause of the Party and the country, and firmly supported the construction of a clean and honest government and the fight against corruption.
Seven months after retirement, Premier Li Keqiang, who was supposed to enjoy his old age with his wife and enjoy the joy of family, left us forever, and his wife Cheng Hong, who had been with him for 40 years, finally failed to accompany him to the end of the day... It's a shame!
Li Keqiang and his wife Cheng Hong
Premier Li Keqiang
Premier Li Keqiang
Premier Li Keqiang has set two historical "records" in his lifetime.
The first record: At the age of 53, Li Keqiang became the youngest vice premier in the history of the republic.
Premier Li Keqiang's thesis
The second record: Li Keqiang is the most educated prime minister in the history of the Republic, and he holds a doctorate in economics from Peking University.
You must know that due to the special historical period, Li Keqiang's primary and secondary schools are basically "idle" at home, with zero English foundation, and finally he can easily read the original English works on economic law and other aspects, which shows that it must have been unimaginable hard work for ordinary people.
Premier Li Keqiang
Premier Li Keqiang
Portrait of Premier Li Keqiang
Half a life for the prosperity of the country, Ke has sought strength, beloved good Prime Minister, all the way well, we will always miss you
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