2. Li Keqiang obituary

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 2

Life of Comrade Li Keqiang

Outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a proven and loyal communist fighter, an outstanding proletarian revolutionist and politician, an outstanding leader of the party and the country, the Political Bureau of the 17th, 18th and 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Comrade Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee and former Prime Minister of the State Council, died of a heart attack in Shanghai at 0:10 on October 27, 2023 after all-out efforts to rescue him failed. He was 68 years old.

Comrade Li Keqiang was born in Dingyuan, Anhui Province on July 3, 1955 in Hefei, Anhui Province. From September 1962 to March 1974, he studied at Nanmen Primary School and No. 8 Middle School in Hefei City. In December 1973, he joined the Communist Youth League of China. He has loved the party, the motherland and the people since he was a teenager, studied hard and pursued progress. From March 1974, he joined the Dongling Brigade of Damiao Commune, Fengyang County, Anhui Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in May 1976. From November 1976 to March 1978, he served as Party Secretary of the Damiao Brigade of Damiao Commune, Fengyang County, Anhui Province. Branch secretary. From March 1978 to February 1982, he studied at the Law Department of Peking University and served as the head of the school student union.

Since February 1982, Comrade Li Keqiang has successively served as Secretary of the Youth League Committee of Peking University, Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, Director of the School Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and Secretary-General of the All-China Federation of Students, Alternate Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and Vice-Chairman of the All-China Youth Federation, Director of the National Youth Working Committee. Since March 1993, he has served as First Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Youth League and President of the China Youth Institute of Political Science, a member of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People’s Congress, a member of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Social Security Management, and a member of the Central Steering Committee for the Construction of Spiritual Civilization. He considered and arranged the work of the League closely around the central tasks of the Party, organized and carried out a major survey on the development strategy of China’s youth work in the new era and the ideological, moral and cultural status of Chinese youth, and proposed and promoted the implementation of the Cross-Century Youth Civilization Project and the Cross-Century Youth Civilization Project. Talent project, carry out in-depth work such as “Project Hope”, “Youth Volunteers”, “Youth Civilization”, “Serve Ten Thousand Villages to Get Out of Poverty and Become Prosperous and Become Well-off”, and effectively promote the work of the League to serve the overall work of the party and the country.

Since June 1998, Comrade Li Keqiang has served as Deputy Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, Acting Governor, Governor, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Governor, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress, and concurrently as the Commander-in-Chief of the Yellow River Flood Control Headquarters. He proposed the goal of realizing the rise of the Central Plains and formed a development consensus throughout the province. Proposed and implemented the “Introduction from the East and Advance from the West” strategy of introducing advanced technology and management experience to the east and exploring markets in the central and western regions to the west, making active efforts to promote Henan’s opening up to the outside world. Actively implement the strategy of driving central cities and central towns to form an economic uplift zone of the Central Plains urban agglomeration with unique advantages and important influence in the country. While vigorously promoting the process of industrialization and urbanization, we will accelerate agricultural modernization and promote a substantial increase in the province’s agricultural labor productivity. This will further consolidate Henan’s agricultural foundation status as a major agricultural province and promote the rapid development of Henan’s economic and social undertakings, both urban and rural areas. A positive change in appearance.

Since December 2004, Comrade Li Keqiang has successively served as Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress. He firmly seized the dual opportunities of Northeast revitalization and coastal opening, focused on deepening the reform of state-owned enterprises, building a “five-point, one-line” coastal economic belt, vigorously developing port industries and coastal economies, creating an equipment manufacturing industry cluster, proposing and organizing Implementing livelihood projects such as the renovation of concentrated shantytowns and promoting the employment of “zero-employment families”, vigorously developing the county economy, and coordinating urban and rural development, the province’s comprehensive economic strength has reached a new level, development potential has been further enhanced, and people’s living standards have significantly improved, showing Out of the good situation of accelerated economic development and comprehensive social progress, economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and party building have been comprehensively promoted, and the revitalization of Liaoning’s old industrial base has achieved remarkable results.

In October 2007, Comrade Li Keqiang was elected as a member of the Political Bureau and Standing Committee of the 17th CPC Central Committee. In March 2008, Comrade Li Keqiang was appointed as Vice Premier and Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the State Council, responsible for the executive work of the State Council, including development and reform, finance, land and resources, environmental protection, construction, and health. During this period, he concurrently served as the director of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee of the State Council, the director of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee of the State Council, the leader of the State Council Leading Group for Deepening the Reform of the Medical and Health System, and the Director of the Food Safety Committee of the State Council. He assisted in responding to the international financial crisis, accelerating economic structural adjustment, in-depth implementation of regional coordinated development strategies, promoting energy conservation and emission reduction and ecological and environmental protection, deepening the reform of the medical and health system, and advancing the reform of the fiscal and taxation systems. He emphasized that the basic medical and health system should be effectively provided to the whole people as a public product, and ensuring the basics, strengthening the grassroots, and building mechanisms should be the focus of the medical reform work. To deepen the medical reform, we must seize the three key links of medical insurance, medicine, and medical treatment, and implement “ Three wheel drive”. He focused on promoting the affordable housing project, strengthening the fair distribution of affordable housing, accelerating the development of public rental housing, and promoting the people to live and work in peace and contentment. He actively explores new paths for environmental protection, emphasizing persistence in protecting during development and developing in protection, and solving outstanding environmental problems that affect scientific development and harm people’s health.

In November 2012, Comrade Li Keqiang was re-elected as a member of the Political Bureau and Standing Committee of the 18th CPC Central Committee. In March 2013, at the first session of the 12th National People’s Congress, he was appointed Premier of the State Council and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the State Council from the same month. In the face of complex domestic and international situations, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, we adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, maintain strategic focus, focus on improving macro-control, focus on pre-adjustment and fine-tuning, focus on directional regulation, and focus on Promote supply-side structural reform, moderately expand aggregate demand, and promote a higher level of dynamic balance between supply and demand. Accelerate the conversion of old and new driving forces, vigorously develop emerging industries, transform and upgrade traditional industries, carry out in-depth “Internet +” actions, promote the construction of a manufacturing power, implement major projects such as strengthening the industrial base, intelligent manufacturing, and green manufacturing, and promote the accelerated optimization and upgrading of the economic structure. Guide finance to support the real economy and strengthen inclusive financial services. Adhere to innovation-led development, implement innovation-driven development strategies, improve supporting policies, create a good environment that encourages entrepreneurship and innovation, and strive to stimulate social creativity. Adhere to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world, establish a number of free trade pilot zones in Shanghai and other provinces and cities, solidly promote the construction of the “Belt and Road”, and significantly improve the level of open economy. We will deepen the implementation of regional coordinated development and new urbanization strategies, promote the accelerated growth of new growth pole growth belts, promote comprehensive deepening of rural reforms, promote the integrated development of rural primary, secondary and tertiary industries, and enhance the coordination of urban and rural regional development. Adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, focus on ensuring and improving people’s livelihood, promote targeted poverty alleviation and targeted poverty alleviation, implement active employment policies, adhere to the priority development of education, promote the balanced development of urban and rural education, accelerate the construction of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment and medical consortium, and establish We have unified the basic pension and medical insurance systems for urban and rural residents, improved the social assistance system, and accelerated the construction of a social security safety net. The people’s sense of gain has continued to increase. We adhere to the harmonious development of man and nature, focus on controlling environmental pollution, and make positive progress in the construction of ecological civilization. Promote the full performance of government functions in accordance with the law, implement the spirit of the eight central regulations, adhere to the “three chapters of the law”, and strive to build a law-based government, an innovative government, a clean government and a service-oriented government that satisfies the people.

In October 2017, Comrade Li Keqiang was once again elected as a member of the Political Bureau and Standing Committee of the 19th CPC Central Committee. In March 2018, at the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress, he was again appointed Premier of the State Council and served as Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the State Council. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, in the face of multiple challenges such as the accelerating evolution of world changes, the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, and the domestic economic downturn, we have adhered to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and implemented the new development concept completely, accurately, and comprehensively. Build a new development pattern, promote high-quality development, coordinate development and security, continue to do a good job in the “six stability” and “six guarantees”, and coordinate the advancement of stabilizing growth, promoting reform, adjusting structure, benefiting people’s livelihood, preventing risks, and ensuring stability. item of work. Innovate macro-control methods, coordinate the use of fiscal, monetary and other policies, take advantage of the ultra-large market, adhere to the strategy of expanding domestic demand, expand effective investment around strengthening weaknesses, adjust structure, increase stamina, and support transportation, water conservancy, energy and other infrastructure and people’s livelihood projects Construction, multiple measures should be taken to promote consumption and keep the economy operating within a reasonable range. Increase effective support for the real economy, implement comprehensive policies to reduce business operating costs, and promptly help operating entities cope with shocks and tide over difficulties. Deeply implement the innovation-driven development strategy, promote the optimization and upgrading of the industrial structure, closely rely on innovation to improve the development level of the real economy, promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, continuously cultivate and strengthen new momentum for development, and effectively respond to external suppression and containment. Promote coordinated regional development and new urbanization, expand the supply of affordable housing, promote the renovation of old urban communities, enhance the balance and coordination of regional development, and cultivate more sources of economic growth. We will improve policies to strengthen agriculture and benefit farmers, implement the rural revitalization strategy, accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, steadily promote various forms of moderate-scale operations, and effectively ensure national food security. We will implement the people-centered development philosophy, strive to protect basic needs, protect the bottom line, and promote fairness, strengthen the employment priority policy orientation, increase support for enterprises to stabilize and expand jobs, promote education fairness and quality improvement, deepen the reform of the medical and health system, and improve Improve medical and health service capabilities and strengthen social security and services. Efforts will be made to promote poverty alleviation, strengthen follow-up support for relocation, and consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation. We will implement the concept that clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, strengthen ecological and environmental protection, promote green and low-carbon development, and achieve significant results in the construction of ecological civilization.

After serving as Premier of the State Council, Comrade Li Keqiang also served concurrently as the leader of the State Council Leading Group for Revitalizing Northeastern Region and Other Old Industrial Bases, the State Council Leading Group for Western Region Development, the National Science and Technology Education Leading Group, the National Science and Technology Leading Group, and the National Climate Response Leading Group. Leader of the Leading Group for Change, Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction, Director of the National Energy Commission, etc., have devoted a lot of effort in the fields of science and technology, education, ecological environmental protection, comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China, and development of the western region. After the outbreak of the COVID-19, Comrade Li Keqiang served as the leader of the Central Leading Group for Epidemic Response. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, he insisted on putting people and life first, strengthened medical resources and material support, and made every effort to treat patients. We should optimize and adjust prevention and control policies and measures according to the situation, promptly and effectively promote the resumption of work and production, strengthen supply and price stability, protect people’s life safety and health to the greatest extent, and promote the overall coordination of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development to achieve major positive results.

Comrade Li Keqiang conscientiously implements the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, insists on proceeding from China’s national conditions, adheres to and improves the basic socialist economic system, continues to promote the reform of the economic system, adheres to the direction of socialist market economic reform, properly handles the relationship between the government and the market, and enables the market to play a leading role in resources It will play a decisive role in allocation, better play the role of the government, and promote a better combination of effective markets and promising governments. He continues to promote the transformation of government functions and reform of the administrative system, solidly promote administration according to law, improve administrative efficiency, enhance government credibility and execution capabilities, and strive to create a market-oriented, legal and international business environment. He adheres to the “two unwavering principles”, actively promotes the common development of economies of various ownerships, promotes the optimization and reorganization of state-owned enterprises to focus on their main responsibilities and main businesses, improves quality and efficiency, and promotes the healthy development of private enterprises. He has further promoted the reform of the fiscal and taxation system, deepened the reform of the budget management system, promoted the reform of the division of fiscal powers and expenditure responsibilities between the central and local governments, implemented tax collection and management reform, deepened the reform of the financial system, improved the efficiency of financial services to the real economy, and strived to solve the problem of difficult and expensive financing. He actively promoted the deepening of the reform of the science and technology system, reformed the scientific research project and fund management system, granted greater autonomy to scientific research units and researchers, encouraged corporate innovation through market-oriented mechanisms, and effectively enhanced the leading role of scientific and technological innovation. He resolutely implements the opening-up policy, implements a more proactive opening-up strategy, implements a wider, wider and deeper opening-up, proactively aligns with international high-standard economic and trade rules, strives to build a high-level free trade pilot zone, and promotes trade and investment. Liberalize and facilitate, deepen mutually beneficial and win-win international economic and trade cooperation, and use high-level opening up to more effectively promote reform and development.

Comrade Li Keqiang is full of affection for the people, puts the people’s interests first in everything he does, and strives to solve the people’s urgent, difficult and anxious problems. He often goes deep into enterprises, factories, mines, fields and grassroots front lines, carefully listens to the voices of the masses, understands the safety and security of the masses on the spot, and focuses on relieving people’s worries and difficulties. He repeatedly emphasized that on the basis of development, we should do more practical things that benefit the people and solve people’s livelihood difficulties, and strive to solve the outstanding difficulties of the masses in employment, education, housing, medical care, elderly care, etc., secure the bottom line of people’s livelihood, and continuously improve the people’s living standards. A sense of gain, happiness, and security.

Comrade Li Keqiang has a profound and down-to-earth style of work, actively advocates a work style of telling the truth and doing practical things, and takes the lead in opposing formalism and bureaucracy. He pointed out that there is no shortcut to do a good job in economic and social development, and hard work is the key. We must put our work first, work hard, work hard, and work creatively based on reality. It is necessary to give full play to the initiative of both the central and local governments, encourage local governments to adapt measures to local conditions, boldly explore, and compete to promote high-quality development. It is necessary to strengthen supervision and accountability, severely rectify mediocrity, laziness and neglect of government affairs, and resolutely deal with dishonesty in government affairs. Use reform methods and perseverance to solve problems and activate power, encourage those who do things, support those who take responsibility, promote development with hard work, and win the future with hard work.

In March 2023, Comrade Li Keqiang will no longer serve as Prime Minister of the State Council. After retiring from his leadership position, he firmly supported and supported the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, cared about the development of the party and the country’s undertakings, and firmly supported the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption.

Comrade Li Keqiang was a member of the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committee, a member of the Political Bureau and Standing Committee of the 17th, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committee, and a member of the 8th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.

Comrade Li Keqiang is unswervingly loyal to the lofty ideals of communism, infinitely loyal to the Party and the people, and unswervingly fighting for the cause of the Party and the people. He earnestly studied Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of “Three Represents”, the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and always maintained a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee in ideology, politics, and actions. He firmly established political awareness, overall situation awareness, core awareness, and alignment awareness, resolutely safeguarded General Secretary Xi Jinping’s core status as the core of the Party Central Committee and the entire party, and resolutely maintained the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. He has strong party spirit principles, talks about politics, takes the overall situation into consideration, puts the party’s cause and the interests of the people first, and is loyal to the party, shares worries for the party, fulfills his duties for the party, and benefits the people. He insists that everything should be based on reality, integrate theory with practice, and focus on using Marxist standpoints, viewpoints, and methods to analyze problems, solve problems, guide practice, and promote work. He adheres to the principle of democratic centralism, adheres to the party’s collective leadership, maintains close contact with the masses, is good at listening to different opinions, and mobilizes and gives full play to the enthusiasm of all parties. He is upright, diligent, and hardworking. He is modest and prudent, approachable, strict with self-discipline, honest and honest, lives a frugal life, has strict requirements on his family members and staff around him, and always maintains the political nature and noble moral sentiments of a communist.

Comrade Li Keqiang’s life was a life of revolution, a life of struggle, a life of glory, a life of serving the people wholeheartedly, and a life of devotion to the cause of communism. His death is a great loss to the party and the country. We must turn grief into strength, learn from his revolutionary spirit, noble character and fine style, unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and fully implement Xi Jinping’s new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics We should deeply understand the decisive significance of the “two establishments”, strengthen the “four consciousnesses”, strengthen the “four self-confidences”, achieve “two maintenances”, strengthen confidence, work together with one heart and one mind, work hard and move forward courageously. , and work together in unity to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.

Comrade Li Keqiang will live forever!