Li Peng was a Chinese politician who served as the fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003.
15 Facts About Li Peng
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Li Peng retained his seat on the CCP Politburo Standing Committee until his retirement in 2002.
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Li Peng escaped the political turmoil of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s due to his political connections and his employment in the company.
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Li Peng was the son of Li Shuoxun, one of the earliest CCP revolutionaries, who was the political commissar of the Twentieth Division during the Nanchang uprising, and Zhao Juntao, an early Communist operative.
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In 1941, Li Peng began studying at the Yan'an Institute of Natural Science.
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In 1948, Li Peng was sent to study at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, majoring in hydroelectric engineering.
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Li Peng played a leading role in the construction of the Tuhe Powerplant in Tangshan and the Gaojing Powerplant in Beijing.
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Li Peng remained powerful, even though he had been one of the main targets of protesters, partially because the leadership believed that limiting Li's career would be the same as admitting that they had made mistakes by suppressing the 1989 protests.
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Li Peng initiated the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on 14 December 1994, and later began preparations for the Shenzhou Manned Space Program.
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Li Peng spent much of his time monitoring what he considered his life's work to have been, the Three Gorges Dam.
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Li Peng was subject to frequent speculation over corruption issues that plague him and his family.
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Li Peng was generally unpopular in China, where he "has long been a figure of scorn and suspicion".
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Li Peng reappeared at the 19th Party Congress on 18 October 2017, marking his last public appearance prior to his death.
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Li Peng had been receiving medical treatment in a hospital in Beijing at the time of his death.
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Li Peng was married to Zhu Lin, a deputy manager in "a large firm in the south of China".