Li Peng died at the age of 91

Beijing, 23 Jul (Xinhua) -- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, the State Council of the People's Republic of China, and the National Committee of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference of the People's Republic of China solemnly declare: Outstanding party members of the Communist Party of China, loyal communist fighters who have stood the test of time, outstanding proletarian revolutionaries and politicians, outstanding leaders of the Party and the state, members of the Political Bureau of the Twelfth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, members of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, members of the 13th and 14th CPC Central Committees, Comrade Li Peng, member of the Standing Committee of the 15th Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, former premier of the State Council and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress, died in Beijing at the age of 91 at 23:11 on July 22, 2019 due to ineffective medical treatment.

Comrade Li Peng was born in October 1928 in Chengdu, Sichuan. Born into a revolutionary family, his father was heroic and righteous at an early age, and when he was a teenager, he was influenced by his family, took the initiative to accept revolutionary ideas, and was determined to devote himself to the revolutionary cause. In March 1941, he went to Yan'an to participate in revolutionary work, received education in revolutionary theory and scientific and cultural knowledge, and joined the Communist Party of China in November 1945. During the Liberation War, he responded to the call of the party organization to go to the front line, successively serving as a technician of the Jin-Cha-Ji Electric Power Company, an assistant of the Harbin Oil and Fat Factory, and the secretary of the party branch. In September 1948, according to the arrangement of the party organization, he studied in the Soviet Union. After returning to China in 1955, he took the initiative to ask to work at the grass-roots level, successively serving as deputy director and chief engineer of Fengman Power Plant, deputy chief engineer and director of the Dispatching Bureau of Northeast Electric Power Administration, and director of Fuxin Power Plant. From 1966 to 1979, he successively served as the acting secretary of the party committee and the director of the Revolutionary Committee of the Beijing Power Supply Bureau, the director of the Beijing Electric Power Administration, and the secretary of the party group. During the "Cultural Revolution," he was shocked, but he adhered to the principle of party spirit, sought truth from facts, and waged a struggle. Since April 1979, he has successively served as vice minister of the Ministry of Electric Power Industry, member of the party group and secretary of the party group of the North China Electric Power Administration, minister of the ministry of electric power industry, secretary of the party group, vice minister of the ministry of water conservancy and electric power, deputy secretary of the party group, he creatively implemented the strategy of the party central committee "electric power should go first", proposed the moderate advanced development of electric power, and promoted China's great progress in power station construction, power production, power grid management, etc., and is an outstanding leader of China's power industry and an important pioneer of nuclear power. In June 1983, Comrade Li Peng was appointed Vice Premier of the State Council, and in September 1985, he was co-opted as a member of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He is in charge of energy, transportation, key construction projects and other work, participated in the study of the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" energy and transportation development policy, promoted the establishment of a comprehensive and unified transportation system and capital construction system reform, and accelerated the pace of major technical equipment development. In November 1987, Comrade Li Peng was elected as a member of the Politburo and a member of the Standing Committee at the First Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and in the same month he was appointed Acting Premier of the State Council at the 23rd Session of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress. In April 1988, he was appointed Premier of the State Council at the First Session of the Seventh National People's Congress. He resolutely implemented the principle of rectifying governance and deepening reform, explored new means and new methods for macroeconomic regulation and control of the national economy, and pushed China's economy out of its predicament and into a new period of development. During the political turmoil at the turn of the spring and summer of 1989, with the resolute support of the proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation represented by Comrade Deng Xiaoping, Comrade Li Peng took a clear-cut stand and, together with most comrades in the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, took decisive measures to stop the turmoil, quell counter-revolutionary riots, stabilize the domestic situation, and play an important role in this major struggle that has a bearing on the future and destiny of the party and the country. After the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th CPC Central Committee in June 1989, as an important member of the central leading collective with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core, Comrade Li Peng held high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thinking of "three represents," thoroughly implemented the line, principles, and policies since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the CPC, and spared no effort for the development of the cause of the party and the country. In October 1992, Comrade Li Peng was re-elected as a member of the Politburo and a member of the Standing Committee at the First Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In March 1993, at the first session of the Eighth National People's Congress, he was again appointed Premier of the State Council. After Comrade Deng Xiaoping delivered his speech in the south, he actively supported, publicized, and implemented Comrade Deng Xiaoping's ideological propositions on reform and opening up, resolutely implemented the spirit of the Fourteenth National Congress of the Party, accelerated the pace of reform of the socialist market economic system, expanded opening up to the outside world, strengthened and improved macroeconomic regulation and control, presided over the formulation of the Ninth Five-Year Plan under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, laid out and built a number of major state projects, and promoted the sustained, rapid, and healthy development of the national economy. In September 1997, Comrade Li Peng was once again elected as a member of the Politburo and a member of the Standing Committee at the First Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In March 1998, at the first session of the Ninth National People's Congress, he was elected Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

After working in the central authorities, Comrade Li Peng concurrently served as director of the State Education Commission, director of the State Council Environmental Protection Commission, director of the Central Special Commission, head of the State Leading Group for Science and Technology, and head of the Central Leading Group for Foreign Affairs. He implemented the idea that "science and technology is the primary productive force" and the strategy of giving priority to the development of education, vigorously promoted the reform of the scientific and technological system and the education system, conscientiously implemented the policy of intellectuals, enhanced the country's overall scientific and technological strength, and sent a large number of talents to all fronts of reform and opening up. He strengthened environmental management, improved the basic national policy of environmental protection and the strategic principles of "three synchronization" and "three unifications" in practice, and made important contributions to the initial development of an environmental protection road with Chinese characteristics. He resolutely implemented an independent foreign policy of peace, held high the banner of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, organized and participated in a large number of fruitful bilateral and multilateral diplomatic activities, and made important contributions to creating a new pattern of all-round diplomacy. He resolutely implemented the principles and policies of the CPC Central Committee on the united front and the CPPCC, implemented the principle of "one country, two systems," and participated in leading all aspects of the work of the return of Hong Kong and Macao. He played an important role in the scientific and democratic decision-making and construction of the Three Gorges Project and actively supported and promoted the development of China's manned space industry. Comrade Li Peng is an important pioneer, loyal practitioner, and active promoter of China's socialist market economic system. He has always persisted in proceeding from China's national conditions, correctly handled the relationship between reform, development, and stability, made overall plans to promote the reform of the fiscal and taxation system, the financial system, the price system, the foreign trade system, the social security system, and state-owned enterprises, stabilized the rural policy, supported the development of special economic zones, and steadily promoted the transformation of the planned economic system into a socialist market economic system, thus playing an important role in China's initial establishment of a socialist market economic system at the end of the 20th century. Comrade Li Peng is an important leader in the building of socialist democracy and the rule of law with Chinese characteristics. He presided over the drafting of the draft amendment to the Constitution and was adopted by the National People's Congress, in the form of the fundamental law of the country, established the guiding ideology status of Deng Xiaoping Theory, clarified the basic strategy of governing the country according to law, the basic economic system and distribution system in the primary stage of socialism, and the important role of the non-public economy. Comrade Li Peng is full of affection for the masses of the people, especially the masses in difficulty, attaches great importance to the work of poverty relief, and is very concerned about the warmth and well-being of laid-off workers in state-owned enterprises.

In March 2003, Comrade Li Peng ceased to serve as chairman of the Npc Standing Committee. After retiring from his leading post, he resolutely supported and supported the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as general secretary, resolutely supported and supported the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, cared about the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and firmly supported the building of party style and clean government and the anti-corruption struggle.

Comrade Li Peng's life was a life of revolution, a life of fighting, a brilliant life, and a life of wholeheartedly serving the people and fighting for the cause of communism. His passing away is a great loss to the party and the country. We must learn from his revolutionary spirit, lofty moral character and fine work style, unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, never forget the original intention, keep in mind the mission, and strive to win the decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, winning the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Comrade Li Peng is immortal!