Li Qiang

Li Qiang
李强
Li in 2024
8th Premier of China
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2023
President	Xi Jinping
Vice Premier	Ding Xuexiang He Lifeng Zhang Guoqing Liu Guozhong
Preceded by	Li Keqiang
Party Secretary of Shanghai
In office 29 October 2017 – 28 October 2022
Mayor	Ying Yong Gong Zheng
Preceded by	Han Zheng
Succeeded by	Chen Jining
Party Secretary of Jiangsu
In office 30 June 2016 – 29 October 2017
Governor	Shi Taifeng Wu Zhenglong
Preceded by	Luo Zhijun
Succeeded by	Lou Qinjian
Governor of Zhejiang
In office 30 January 2013 – 4 July 2016 Acting: 21 December 2012 – 30 January 2013
Party Secretary	Xia Baolong
Preceded by	Xia Baolong
Succeeded by	Che Jun
Personal details
Born	July 1959 (age 65) Rui'an, Zhejiang, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Ningbo Branch of Zhejiang Agricultural University China Sociology Correspondence University Zhejiang University Central Party School Hong Kong Polytechnic University (EMBA)
Signature
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李強
Simplified Chinese	李强
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Qiáng Gwoyeu Romatzyh Lii Chyang Wade–Giles Li Ch'iang Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Lei5 Koeng4
Li Qiang's voice Li Qiang's government work report (excerpt) Recorded March 5, 2024

Li Qiang (Chinese: 李强; pinyin: Lǐ Qiáng; born July 1959) is a Chinese politician who has been serving as the eighth and current premier of China since March 2023. He has been elevated to the second-ranking member on the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2022. From 2017 to 2022, Li was the party secretary for Shanghai, where he pursued pro-business policies and handled the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Li is considered part of the "New Zhijiang Army", the party faction of Xi Jinping, the CCP general secretary and top leader since 2012. The close relationship started in the mid-2000s when both held party positions in Zhejiang Province. Li is generally regarded by observers as pro-business and has voiced support for economic reforms.