Draeno Posted March 12, 2023 Posted March 12, 2023 China's premier heads the State Council. Its functions are traditionally linked to the day-to-day management of the country and the direction of macroeconomic policy. With no experience in central government and Xi's authority, analysts question the scope of his mandate. Considered one of Xi Jinping's closest confidants, Li Qiang was named China's new premier on Saturday, the day after the president won an unprecedented third term. The former head of the Communist Party in Shanghai, who oversaw the two months of chaotic anti-covid lockdown last spring, succeeds Li Keqiang, in office since 2013. The 63-year-old leader received almost all the votes of the delegates gathered at the annual session of the National People's Congress (APN), who had unanimously re-elected Xi the day before for five more years as head of state. 📝 We suggest: Passport to leave Russia: give birth in Argentina Xi's resolution appointing Li Qiang as prime minister was read out in the huge hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday morning. During the vote, which ended with 2,936 votes in favor, three against and eight abstentions, Xi and Li demonstrated complicity, exchanging smiles and courtesies. Upon his appointment, he swore with his right fist raised and his left hand on the Constitution "to work hard in building a great modern socialist country." 📌You may be interested: China as a mediator between Iran and Saudi Arabia, another setback for the US. China's premier heads the State Council. Its functions are traditionally linked to the day-to-day management of the country and the direction of macroeconomic policy. Li's rise appeared to be in jeopardy after his management of the lockdown of Shanghai, China's most populous city and economic hub, whose residents struggled to access food and medical care. But this stain was left aside in the face of Xi's strategy of surrounding himself with faithful in the highest echelons of power, and in October he was promoted to number two in the Communist Party. Xi's confidence Unlike most of his predecessors, Li Qiang has no experience in central government, but he has extensive background in local administration, commanding the eastern coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Li, who began his career as an irrigation pump station operator, was Xi's chief of staff when he led the party in Zhejiang from 2004 to 2007. His rapid promotions since then reflect the high level of trust the Chinese president has in him, which led him to the post of party secretary in Shanghai in 2017. https://www.elespectador.com/mundo/li-qiang-aliado-de-xi-jinping-nombrado-primer-ministro-de-china-noticias-hoy/
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