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The body is packed with party loyalists and there was no chance he would not win the vote. Xi was also re-elected president by parliament, with no votes cast against him. Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with newly elected Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan at the fifth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 17, 2018.(Reuters Photo) Address: Zhongnanhai, Xi Chang’an Jie, Beijing 100017.įor best results when printing this page, adjust your print settings by unchecking “print background colours” and “print background images”.China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament chose former top graft-buster Wang Qishan, a key ally of President Xi Jinping, as vice president on Saturday, a widely-expected move that nonetheless breaks with convention and underlines Xi’s dominant authority.A China Leadership Monitor Profile, April 2012 by Cheng Li, can be downloaded from.We can build a successful US- China relationship because of our “guanxi.” An “uncle” relationship has greater advantages than a purely formal business relationship. Our relationship is not an ordinary relationship. ChinaStakes, October 2009 quoted Wang as saying: “US Secretary Geithner and I have a personal relationship (“guanxi”) which distinguishes success from failure.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner calls Wang China’s “definitive preeminent troubleshooter, firefighter, problem solver.” Cheng Li, Brookings 2010: Cheng predicted that Wang was likely to become Executive Vice-Premier under Li Keqiang’s Premiership however that position “may not do justice to Wang’s high caliber.” Some in China argued that Wang should, instead, become Premier, but since Xi Jinping is also a princeling, it would have been highly unpopular to have two princelings in the top two positions.

Wang complained that the gaudy signs “encourage luxury and self-indulgence which are beyond the reach of low-income groups, and therefore not conducive to harmony in the capital.” Since then, hundreds of the offending advertisements have disappeared. In May 2007, Beijing’s no-nonsense Mayor Wang Qishan publicly blasted the bling-bling billboards…. …everyone knows when the tide turned and elitism suddenly went out of official fashion.

Melinda Liu, Newsweek Oct 2007: Nobody can pinpoint just when conspicuous consumption took over Beijing.

Wang has a “charismatic yet hard-driving personality.”

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Willy Lam, Jamestown, Oct 2007 and Asia Sentinel, Jan 2008: Only Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan has a well earned national stature as well as an overall satisfactory track record as a reformer and administrator….Wang earned high marks from WHO, not only for full cooperation with the international agency but also subsequent attempts to modernize the Beijing health system.In 2009, chaired the Chinese side of the economic track of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

Known for bold handling of crises, e.g., SARS epidemic, liquidation of a scandal-ridden bank in Guangdong as a warning to financial community. Member of the Politburo Standing Committee 2012 – 2017 when age forced his retirement. Was a member of the Politburo 2007 – 2012 (and member of 17th CPC Central Committee), a Vice Premier 2008 to 2013, responsible for economic, energy and financial affairs. Mayor of Beijing.Įxecutive chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee (2008 Olympics). His previous career includes many years at top level of major banks (and the Party committees of those banks) and various top level positions in Guangdong and Hainan Provinces.

Media commentators expect Wang to be involved in foreign relations – especially US/China relations – working with Yang Jiechi, Wang Yi, and economist Liu He. It is also presumed that he would continue to play a part in Xi’s anti-corruption campaign, with teh Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (now headed by Zhao Leji) and the newly created National Supervisory Commission (headed by Wang’s former deputy Yang Xiaodu). The BBC reported that ‘China’s constitution allows the vice-president to “assist” in his superior’s work and to carry out presidential duties on his behalf – meaning Wang Qishan, possibly in his role for life, could be far more than the figurehead his predecessors were. Wang stepped down from the Politburo Standing Committee in October 2017 along with 4 other members who had reached retirement age, but on 17 March 2018 was appointed by the National People’s Congress as Xi Jinping’s Vice-President. Wang Qishan has held many influential positions but rose to greatest prominence as Head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, with its high profile investigations into corruption by senior officials, including former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, Hu Jintao aide Ling Jihua and 6th generation leader Sun Zhengcai. Standing in the Party and Career Highlights: