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Peng Liyuan
Peng Liyuan is a Chinese singer who has served as the First Lady of China since 2012, as the wife of Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and paramount leader of China.
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entertainment · First Lady of China since 2012 · performing artist · university teacher · military personnel · politician · actor · opera singer · singer · also Peng Liyuan, Liyuan
Born 20 November 1962 · Q430911
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Peng Liyuan delivers a video message to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum on Women's Education and Poverty Reduction, July 20, 2021
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 2 entries
Global Times: Peng Liyuan attends China-US youth cultural, sports exchange activity in Beijing
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Yahoo Finance: China's first lady Peng Liyuan reaches out to US students during Beijing sports event
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2022· 1 entry
scmp.com: Peng Liyuan joins diplomatic whirl in first overseas trip since coronavirus pandemic began
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2021· 1 entry
“in China Daily Asia (27 September 2015) === “Together, we will make tomorrow’s world a better place through education”
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2015· 1 entry
The Daily Telegraph: China's first lady Peng Liyuan, in pictures
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Massey University (2014).
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Peng was listed as the 57th Most Powerful Woman in the World by Forbes
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2013· 1 entry
Career landmark: spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Career landmark: First Lady of China (2012).
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2002· 1 entry
Peng was appointed as a visiting professor at the Shandong University of Arts, and in September 2004, she was appointed as a visiting professor at the China Conservatory of Music
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1992· 1 entry
Career landmark: childbirth.
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1987· 2 entries
Was recommended for a master's degree in acoustics at the China Conservatory of Music (mentoring by Jin Tielin)
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Career landmark: marriage.
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1986· 4 entries
When Xi was working as the deputy mayor of the eastern port city of Xiamen, Fujian
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Peng Liyuan was introduced by friends to Xi Jinping in 1986, when Xi was working as the deputy mayor of the eastern port city of Xiamen, Fujian.
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Received the Plum Blossom Award, China's highest theatrical award, for her lead role in The White Haired Girl
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Sang a solo version of On the Field of Hope, and won the 1st Prize for Professional Ethnic Singing in the Second National Young Singers Grand Prix organized by CCTV
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1985· 1 entry
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the victory in the war and the 40th anniversary of the premiere of The White-Haired Girl, Peng Liyuan appeared in Beijing's Tianqiao Theatre, where she became the third-generation "Xi
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1984· 1 entry
Was transferred to the Song and Dance Troupe of the General Political Bureau, and in 1985, she rushed to the front line of the Battle of Laoshan to console the soldiers
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1983· 2 entries
Was admitted to the vocal class of the China Conservatory of Music as an undergraduate under the tutelage of Jin Tielin and Guo Lanying
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When Kim Jong Il, a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), visited China for the first time, Peng Liyuan sang a bilingual rendition of the well-known North Korean song The Flower G
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1981· 1 entry
Peng was admitted to the China Conservatory of Music as a tertiary student, where she studied under the famous singer Jin Tielin
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1980· 1 entry
While participating in a cultural performance in Beijing, she won the Excellent Prize for the songs Baoleng Tune and My Hometown, Mt
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1979· 1 entry
Won the Excellent Prize of the Shandong Province Song and Dance Concert
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1977· 1 entry
Was admitted to the Shandong Fifty-Seven School of the Arts (renamed the Shandong University Of Arts at the end of 1978), under the tutelage of Wang Yinsuan, specializing in folk vocal music
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1976· 1 entry
At the age of 14, Peng Liyuan was admitted to the Shandong Province Yuncheng No
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1962· 1 entry
Born 1962-11-20.
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