Jia Qinglin
Jia Qinglin (Chinese: 贾庆林; born 13 March 1940) is a retired senior leader of the People's Republic of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee, the party's highest ruling organ, between 2002 and 2012, and Chairman of the National Committee of the People's Political Consultative Conference between 2003 and 2013.
Jia Qinglin | |||||||||||
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| 贾庆林 | |||||||||||
| 7th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |||||||||||
| In office 14 March 2003 – 11 March 2013 | |||||||||||
| Deputy | Wang Gang | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Li Ruihuan | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yu Zhengsheng | ||||||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Beijing | |||||||||||
| In office August 1997 – October 2002 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Wei Jianxing | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Qi | ||||||||||
| 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 Botou, Hebei, China | ||||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Lin Youfang | ||||||||||
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter | ||||||||||
| Relatives | Li Pak-tam (son-in-law) Jasmine Li (grandchild) | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Hebei University of Technology | ||||||||||
| Profession | Engineer | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 賈慶林 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 贾庆林 | ||||||||||
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Jia, an engineer by trade, began his political career in Fujian in 1985. There, he rose steadily through the ranks and led the province during the Yuanhua scandal. In 1996, Jia was transferred to become mayor, then party chief of Beijing. Largely due to his patronage relationship with then General Secretary Jiang Zemin, Jia was promoted to the Politburo in 1997, and remained a mainstay figure in China's political elite for the next fifteen years. He retired in 2013.