Li Qiang

Li Qiang
Li Qiang
李强
	Li in 2024
Premier of China
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 March 2023
President	Xi Jinping
Vice Premier	Ding Xuexiang; He Lifeng; Zhang Guoqing; Liu Guozhong;
Preceded by	Li Keqiang
Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai
	In office; 29 October 2017 – 28 October 2022
Mayor	Ying Yong; Gong Zheng;
Preceded by	Han Zheng
Succeeded by	Chen Jining
Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu
	In office; 30 June 2016 – 29 October 2017
Governor	Shi Taifeng; Wu Zhenglong;
Preceded by	Luo Zhijun
Succeeded by	Lou Qinjian
Governor of Zhejiang
	In office; 21 December 2012 – 4 July 2016; Acting: 21 December 2012 – 30 January 2013
Party Secretary	Xia Baolong
Preceded by	Xia Baolong
Succeeded by	Che Jun
Personal details
Born	July 1959 (age 65); Rui'an, Zhejiang, China
Political party	CCP
Alma mater	Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Agricultural University; China Sociology Correspondence University; Zhejiang University; Central Party School; Hong Kong Polytechnic University (EMBA);
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	Li Qiang's voice Li Qiang's government work report (excerpt); Recorded March 5, 2024

Li Qiang (Chinese: 李强; pinyin: Lǐ Qiáng; born July 1959) is a Chinese politician who has been the 8th and current premier of China since March 2023, having been elevated to the second-ranking member on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee Politburo Standing Committee in October 2022. Li was the party secretary for Shanghai from 2017 to 2022 where he pursued pro-business policies and handled the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Li is considered part of the "New Zhijiang Army", the party faction of Xi Jinping, the CCP general secretary and top leader since 2012. The close relationship started in the mid-2000s when both held party positions in Zhejiang Province. Li is generally regarded by observers as pro-business and has voiced support for economic reforms.