“some policies of the economic and technological zones and Special Economic Zones can be implemented in the Pudong area”
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Li Peng
Li Peng was a Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003. For much of the 1990s Li was ranked second in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hierarchy behind then CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin. He retained his seat on the CCP Politburo Stan…
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politics · Premier of China from 1987 to 1998 · politician · also Li Peng, Peng
Born 20 October 1928 · Died 22 July 2019 · Q18301
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2026· 7 entries
“We must further accelerate the pace of reform and opening”
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ysscores.com: Alineación del partido Shenzhen Peng City vs Zhejiang | Chinese Super League · 22 ago. 2026
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BBC: Shenzhen Peng City vs Zhejiang: Chinese Super League stats & head-to-head
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NEPM: WTA resumes China Open despite questions about Peng Shuai
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ysscores.com: Yunnan Yukun vs Shenzhen Peng City match lineup | Chinese Super League · 26 Jul 2026
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2019· 1 entry
Died 2019-07-22.
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2016· 1 entry
To a minor executive post at a different power company
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2012· 1 entry
And then in 2016, he became Minister of Transport
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2010· 1 entry
Li's autobiographical work, The Critical Moment – Li Peng Diaries, was published by New Century Press
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2007· 1 entry
Won Pushkin Medal (2007).
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2003· 1 entry
Li retained some influence in the Politburo Standing Committee
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1998· 2 entries
Li was succeeded by Zhu Rongji as premier and became the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1998–2003).
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1996· 1 entry
Li started one of the earliest controls of the Chinese government over the Internet that later grew into what is called the Great Firewall when he signed State Council Order No
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1993· 1 entry
And began to lose influence within the Party to first-ranking vice premier Zhu Rongji, a strong advocate for economic liberalization
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1992· 1 entry
Li attended the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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1988· 2 entries
Career landmark: Premier of the People's Republic of China (1988–1998).
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Downgraded the role of the System Reform Commission, a State Council body created by Zhao Ziyang
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1987· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (1987–2002).
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After the 13th Party National Congress, Li became a member of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee
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Following the appointment of Premier Zhao Ziyang as the CCP General Secretary, Li became the acting premier, before being appointed on a permanent basis in 1988
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1986· 1 entry
Advocated that "China should rely mainly on its own products to push ahead with the modernization drive instead of importing large amounts of foreign equipment
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1985· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (1985–2002).
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Became the minister of the State Education Commission as well as a member of the Politburo and the Party Secretariat
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Was named minister of the State Education Commission, and was elected to the Politburo and the Party Secretariat
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1984· 1 entry
Was put in charge of the newly established State Council Leading Small Group on the Electronics Industry
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (1983–1987).
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1976· 1 entry
Li was dispatched to affected regions of the Tangshan earthquake as head of the power restoration efforts
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1955· 1 entry
The country was firmly under the control of the Communist Party
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1954· 1 entry
Studied at Moscow Power Engineering Institute (1954).
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1949· 1 entry
Zhou Enlai became Premier of the newly declared People's Republic of China
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1948· 1 entry
Li Peng was sent to study at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, majoring in hydroelectric engineering
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1947· 1 entry
Journeyed through Shandong and North Korea, eventually ending up in Harbin where he began managing some work for a lard processing plant
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1941· 2 entries
When Li was twelve, Zhou sent Li to Yan'an, where Li studied until 1945
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Li Peng began studying at the Yan'an Institute of Natural Science (a predecessor of the Beijing Institute of Technology)
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1939· 1 entry
Who then took him to Chongqing to meet Zhou, though Zhou was in the Communist base of Yan'an, and they did not meet until late 1940
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1931· 1 entry
Li's father, then working undercover in Hainan, was captured and executed by the Kuomintang
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1928· 1 entry
Born 1928-10-20.
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