Qian Qichen | |||||||||
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钱其琛 | |||||||||
 Qian in 1997 | |||||||||
| Vice Premier of China | |||||||||
| In office 25 March 1993 – 17 March 2003 | |||||||||
| Premier | Li Peng Zhu Rongji | ||||||||
| 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
| In office 12 April 1988 – 18 March 1998 | |||||||||
| Premier | Li Peng | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Xueqian | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tang Jiaxuan | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1928 British Tianjin | ||||||||
| Died | 9 May 2017 (aged 89) Beijing, People's Republic of China | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (joined in 1942) | ||||||||
| Spouse | Zhou Hanqiong (周寒琼) | ||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 錢其琛 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 钱其琛 | ||||||||
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Qian Qichen (Chinese: 钱其琛; pinyin: Qián Qíchēn; 5 January 1928 – 9 May 2017) was a Chinese diplomat and politician. He served as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo member from 1992 to 2002, China's Foreign Minister from April 1988 to March 1998, and as Vice Premier from March 1993 to March 2003. Since then, no other diplomat-turned-politician has attained such a lofty status in China's political hierarchy.[1] Qian played a critical role in shaping China's foreign policy during CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin's administration, and was a key player handling the return to Chinese sovereignty of Hong Kong and Macau. He was in charge of border negotiations with the Soviet Union in the 1980s, resulting in a successful settlement of the border dispute and the thawing of the relations between China and Russia. He was also instrumental in handling China's normalization of relations with the West in the difficult period after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
- ^ "Former Chinese vice-premier Qian Qichen dies, aged 90". Today Online. Retrieved May 11, 2017.