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Li Keqiang (pronounced [li` k??^t??j???], born 1 July 1955) is the current Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. An economist by training, Li is China's head of government as well as one of the leading figures of Chinese economic policy. He is also vice chairman of the National Security Commission and second ranked member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee, the de facto highest decision-making body of the country. Li is a major part of the "fifth generation" (Xi-Li Administration) of Communist Party leadership.
From 2008 to 2013, Li served as the first-ranked Vice-Premier[1] under then-Premier Wen Jiabao. During this tenure, Li's official portfolio included economic development, price controls, finance, climate change, and macroeconomic management.[2]
Li rose through the party ranks through the Communist Youth League. From 1998 to 2004, Li served as the Governor of Henan and the province's Party secretary, and then the Liaoning party secretary, an office that made him first-in-charge in that province.