![]() Our relationship is not an ordinary relationship. ChinaStakes, October 2009 quoted Wang as saying: “US Secretary Geithner and I have a personal relationship (“guanxi”) which distinguishes success from failure.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner calls Wang China’s “definitive preeminent troubleshooter, firefighter, problem solver.” Cheng Li, Brookings 2010: Cheng predicted that Wang was likely to become Executive Vice-Premier under Li Keqiang’s Premiership however that position “may not do justice to Wang’s high caliber.” Some in China argued that Wang should, instead, become Premier, but since Xi Jinping is also a princeling, it would have been highly unpopular to have two princelings in the top two positions.Wang complained that the gaudy signs “encourage luxury and self-indulgence which are beyond the reach of low-income groups, and therefore not conducive to harmony in the capital.” Since then, hundreds of the offending advertisements have disappeared. In May 2007, Beijing’s no-nonsense Mayor Wang Qishan publicly blasted the bling-bling billboards…. …everyone knows when the tide turned and elitism suddenly went out of official fashion. Melinda Liu, Newsweek Oct 2007: Nobody can pinpoint just when conspicuous consumption took over Beijing.Wang has a “charismatic yet hard-driving personality.” Willy Lam, Jamestown, Oct 2007 and Asia Sentinel, Jan 2008: Only Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan has a well earned national stature as well as an overall satisfactory track record as a reformer and administrator….Wang earned high marks from WHO, not only for full cooperation with the international agency but also subsequent attempts to modernize the Beijing health system. ![]() In 2009, chaired the Chinese side of the economic track of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Known for bold handling of crises, e.g., SARS epidemic, liquidation of a scandal-ridden bank in Guangdong as a warning to financial community. Member of the Politburo Standing Committee 2012 – 2017 when age forced his retirement. Was a member of the Politburo 2007 – 2012 (and member of 17th CPC Central Committee), a Vice Premier 2008 to 2013, responsible for economic, energy and financial affairs. Mayor of Beijing.Įxecutive chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee (2008 Olympics). His previous career includes many years at top level of major banks (and the Party committees of those banks) and various top level positions in Guangdong and Hainan Provinces. Media commentators expect Wang to be involved in foreign relations – especially US/China relations – working with Yang Jiechi, Wang Yi, and economist Liu He. It is also presumed that he would continue to play a part in Xi’s anti-corruption campaign, with teh Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (now headed by Zhao Leji) and the newly created National Supervisory Commission (headed by Wang’s former deputy Yang Xiaodu). The BBC reported that ‘China’s constitution allows the vice-president to “assist” in his superior’s work and to carry out presidential duties on his behalf – meaning Wang Qishan, possibly in his role for life, could be far more than the figurehead his predecessors were. Wang stepped down from the Politburo Standing Committee in October 2017 along with 4 other members who had reached retirement age, but on 17 March 2018 was appointed by the National People’s Congress as Xi Jinping’s Vice-President. Wang Qishan has held many influential positions but rose to greatest prominence as Head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, with its high profile investigations into corruption by senior officials, including former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, Hu Jintao aide Ling Jihua and 6th generation leader Sun Zhengcai. It is through his control of the personnel system and a sweeping corruption crackdown that he has been able to bulldoze the factions that once dominated the party, stacking key positions with loyalists and sidelining any potential challengers to his leadership.Standing in the Party and Career Highlights: He has achieved this by manipulating appointments to the upper echelons of the Chinese Communist party (CCP) and purging key rivals from the leadership. This has prevented rival groups, or one individual leader, from becoming too influential. Since the early 1990s the Communist party has operated a series of term limits that kept the political peace between different factions. The most powerful ruler of China since Mao, Xi has centralised decision-making in his own hands in a way his recent predecessors could not have dreamt. ![]() Xi Jinping, who is expected to be appointed for an unprecedented third term as leader, tightened his grip on power on Sunday as he addressed the party’s 20th congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Politics is personnel, especially in China’s Communist party system.
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