Jia Qinglin
Jia Qinglin | ||
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| 贾庆林 | ||
Communist Party Secretary of Fujian | ||
| In office December 1993 – October 1996 | ||
| Preceded by | Chen Guangyi | |
| Succeeded by | Chen Mingyi | |
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| Born | March 13, 1940 Hanyu Pinyin Jiǎ Qìnglín | |
| Southern Min | ||
| Hokkien POJ | Ka Kheng-lim | |
Jia Qinglin (
Jia, an engineer by trade, began his political career in
Political career
Jia Qinglin was born in March 13. 1940 in rural Jiaohe County (now
During the Cultural Revolution, Jia joined his educated contemporaries to perform manual labor at the May 7 Cadre School at the First Machine Building Ministry in Fengxin County, Jiangxi Province. In 1971, he began work at the Policy Research Office of the First Machine-Building Industry Ministry. In 1973, he was promoted to chief of the product management bureau of the First Ministry of Machine-building Industry. In 1978, he was named general manager of the China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation. In 1983, he became director of Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Plant and its party secretary.[6]
As part of wider national efforts by the Communist Party to make officials across the country more youthful and educated, in 1985, Jia made his foray into regional politics, being admitted to the Fujian
Sometime during the 1990s, Jia gained the confidence of then-General Secretary
At the national level
Because of his high local position and his ties to Jiang, in November 2002, Jia was named to the 16th Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) of the Chinese Communist Party.[7] Although his ceremonial role as the Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a quasi-consultative upper house in China's political system, made him fourth in the official order of precedence, it was widely accepted that the position carried very little power, perhaps the least powerful in the nine PSC members. Jia Qinglin was the most senior Chinese official to attend the funeral of Zhao Ziyang. With the transition of authority to Hu Jintao, Jia appeared to have been given the job of coordinating policy on Taiwan.[2][8]
In 2007, Jia was named again to the 17th Politburo Standing Committee during the 17th Party Congress. Prior to the congress, it was speculated that Jia may be thrown out of the running due to his tainted record as the party chief of Fujian during the Yuanhua scandal. However, largely owing to the backing of Jiang Zemin, Jia was able to remain on the body for one more term.[3]
Jia exited from the Politburo Standing Committee in 2012 after reaching retirement age. He retired from politics for good in March 2013, when he relinquished his CPPCC post on schedule to Yu Zhengsheng.[5] Jia continued to make public appearances in retirement. On 5 September 2015, Jia appeared at the China Victory Day Parade. On 21 December 2015, Jia visited Liancheng County in Fujian. In June 2016, Jia attended a science and innovation exhibition at the Beijing Exhibition Center. In October 2016, Jia showed up at the World Robot Conference in Beijing. On 17 May 2017, Jia met with Hebei University of Technology alumni at Zhongnanhai.[9]
The financial dealings of Jia's granddaughter Jasmine Li (李紫丹) and son-in-law
See also
- Politics of the People's Republic of China
- Shanghai clique
- 16th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
References
- ^ Michael Sainsbury (10 March 2011). "JULIA Gillard will meet the implications of China's military rise head-on in her first visit to Beijing as Prime Minister next month". The Australian.
- ^ a b c "People's Daily Online". People's Daily. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Tainted by scandal, China's Jia faces test". Reuters. 15 October 2007.
- ^ "Who's Who in China's Leadership". China.org.cn. 23 October 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Biography of Jia Qinglin". China Vitae. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b "The Chinese Central Government's Official Web Portal". Gov.cn. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "China's Leaders, Jia Qinglin", BBC News
- ^ "Jia Qinglin, Jia Qinglin, who's who in china, China's Celebrities, China Government Officials, Famous Chinese". Chinatoday.com. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "中共老常委贾庆林现身中南海[图集](7/7)". Duowei. 23 May 2017.
- ^ Nectar Gan; Catherine Wong. "Son-in-law of ex-senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin named in latest batch of Panama Papers". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Panama Papers reveal offshore secrets of China's red nobility". The Guardian. 6 April 2016.
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