Li Qiang

Li Qiang
Li Qiang
李强
	Li in 2024
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
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Qiáng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Lii Chyang
Wade–Giles	Li Ch'iang
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Lei5 Koeng4

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.