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Wang Qishan 王岐山
Wang Qishan
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 November 2012
Deputy	Zhao Hongzhu
General Secretary	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	He Guoqiang
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
In office March 2008 – March 2013 Serving with Li Keqiang Hui Liangyu, Zhang Dejiang
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Member of the 17th, 18th Central Politburo of the Communist Party of China
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2007
General Secretary	Hu Jintao Xi Jinping
Personal details
Born	(1948-07-01) July 1, 1948 (age 64) Qingdao, Shandong
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Northwest University

Wang Qishan (Chinese: 王岐山; pinyin: Wáng Qíshān; born July 1948) is a politician in the People's Republic of China who currently serves as Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Previously, he served as Vice-Premier in charge of economic, energy and financial affairs under premier Wen Jiabao from March 2008 to March 2013. Wang also served in regional positions in Hainan and Beijing. He was elected to the 17th Central Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 2007, became a member of 18th Politburo Standing Committee in 2012.

Life and career[edit]

Wang Qishan was born in Qingdao, Shandong, but his ancestral hometown is considered Tianzhen, Shanxi. Wang graduated from the History Department of Northwest University in 1976. Wang was the Governor of the China Construction Bank from 1994 to 1997. He first took over from Meng Xuenong when SARS struck Beijing in spring 2003, at which time he was the Party Secretary in Hainan, and was confirmed as mayor in early 2004. From 2004-2007, Wang served as the Mayor of Beijing. He is known to be frank and responsible. In a recent "City Management Radio" programme, listeners were astonished to hear the mayor apologize.^{[citation needed]} In 2007, he became a member of the Politboro of the 17th CPC Central Committee, a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and in 2008 he became Vice Premier of the State Council.

In 2009, Wang was appointed by President Hu Jintao as his special representative to chair the Economic Track of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue for the Chinese side.

Wang was named as one of the most influential people in the world in the 2009 Time 100 list.[1]

Personal life[edit]

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson said that Wang is "decisive and inquisitive" and "an avid historian, enjoys philosophical debates and has a wicked sense of humor." Paulson writes, "He is a Chinese patriot, but he understands the U.S. and knows that each of our two countries benefits from the other's economic success. And he is bold — he takes on challenges, does things that have never been done before and succeeds. Wang managed the largest bankruptcy restructuring in China's history in 1998 and thereby prevented a banking crisis that could have crippled the country's growth."[2]

In 2011, he was included in the 50 Most Influential ranking of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Biography of Wang QishanXinhua
• Wang Qishan biography @ China Vitae
• Wang Qishan leaves Beijing Mayor post, leaves a legacy (Xinhua)

v t e Members of the 18th Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China General Secretary 1. Xi Jinping Other members 2. Li Keqiang 3. Zhang Dejiang 4. Yu Zhengsheng 5. Liu Yunshan 6. Wang Qishan 7. Zhang Gaoli

v t e Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China Zhu De Dong Biwu Chen Yun Qiao Shi Wei Jianxing Wu Guanzheng He Guoqiang Wang Qishan

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