The ceiling of the 10,000-seat auditorium in China's Great Hall of the People. When China’s Premier Wen Jiabao sends his second – and last – list of cabinet recommendations to the National People’s Congress in March, the key finance portfolio is expected to go to rising star Li Keqiang, who is also the Executive Vice-Premier designate. Li, 52, a Hu Jintao protégé and leader of the so-called Communist Youth League faction within the Communist Party, will also be in charge of overall “macro-economic adjustment and control,” a code word for cooling down the overheated economy and promoting balanced growth.
China’s Next Cabinet Shapes Up
China’s Next Cabinet Shapes Up
China’s Next Cabinet Shapes Up
The ceiling of the 10,000-seat auditorium in China's Great Hall of the People. When China’s Premier Wen Jiabao sends his second – and last – list of cabinet recommendations to the National People’s Congress in March, the key finance portfolio is expected to go to rising star Li Keqiang, who is also the Executive Vice-Premier designate. Li, 52, a Hu Jintao protégé and leader of the so-called Communist Youth League faction within the Communist Party, will also be in charge of overall “macro-economic adjustment and control,” a code word for cooling down the overheated economy and promoting balanced growth.
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