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On Saturday, parliament also formally approved a government restructuring plan that merges China's banking and insurance regulators, gives new powers to policymaking bodies such as the central bank and creates new ministries.During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. Mr Cao said Mr Wang paid particular attention to whether party cadres had sufficiently understood the spirit of the October Party Congress including "how to understand and get a handle of new areas of societal problems, the public's aspirations toward a better life, and uneven and insufficient economic development". Mr Cao Huiquan, a Hunan delegate who heads the province's Economic and Information Technology Commission, told Reuters last week that Mr Wang had taken part in the Hunan delegation's discussions of Premier Li's work report. Mr Wang has otherwise kept a relatively low profile at parliament so far, with no state media reports of any visits to other provincial delegations to rally legislators, as members of the Standing Committee have done, including Mr Xi.

Mr Wang cast his ballot on Saturday immediately after Mr Han Zheng, the seventh-ranked and most junior Standing Committee member, drawing enthusiastic applause from the other delegates. Protocol at major political events, including seating arrangements and the order in which leaders are shown in state news bulletins, are tightly choreographed to convey a political message. BEIJING Wang Qishan, the formidable Chinese politician who oversaw President Xi Jinping’s withering campaign against corruption, has been appointed to the national legislature, official news. In January, Mr Wang, who turns 70 in July, was named a parliament delegate with the central province of Hunan despite having stepped down from the elite seven-man Politburo Standing Committee during a five-yearly leadership transition in October.ĭespite holding no official senior party role, Mr Wang has taken centre stage at plenary sessions this parliament, seated immediately next to the seven members of the Standing Committee, in a clear indication of his actual status.Īt the opening session where Premier Li Keqiang presented the government's work report, Mr Wang cut a relaxed figure, staring straight ahead impassively while other delegates busily read and jotted down notes. Whether Mr Xi could retain Mr Wang in a senior role despite him reaching retirement age had been seen as a key measure of Mr Xi's power and the subject of much speculation in the lead-up to this month's National People's Congress. US President Donald Trump is seeking to impose tariffs on up to US$60 billion of Chinese imports and will target the technology and telecommunications sectors, two people who had discussed the issue with the Trump administration said this week.

Mr Wang also speaks no English.Ĭhina has been trying to head off a trade war with the United States, sending envoys to Washington in recent weeks, including Xi's top economic advisor Liu He. Who is Wang Qishan Mr Wang, 69, has held a number of prominent positions since starting work for the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s as a policy researcher. Mr Cabestan said Mr Wang would likely be considerably more influential than his immediate predecessor Li Yuanchao, given his close relationship with Mr Xi and greater international profile.īut any effort by China to elevate formal exchanges with the United States on tricky trade issues, for example from a cabinet to vice presidential level, would require the White House's consent too. "The vice-president position in the PRC is not a very powerful one, but it depends who fills the job," said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a China expert at Hong Kong Baptist University, referring to the country's formal name, the People's Republic of China.
