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{{Short description|Former Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Li (surname 李)|Li]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Li Lanqing
| native_name         = {{nobold|李岚清}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-Hans
| image               = Li Lanqing 1997.jpg
| imagesize           = 200px
| caption             = Li Lanqing in 1997
| order               = [[Vice Premier of China]]
| term_start          = 17 March 1998
| term_end            = 6 March 2003
| order1              = [[Minister of Commerce (China)|Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade]]
| term_start1         = 1990
| term_end1           = 1993
| predecessor1        = [[Zheng Tuobin]]
| successor1          = [[Wu Yi (politician)|Wu Yi]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1932|5|22|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Zhenjiang]], [[Jiangsu]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| premier             = [[Zhu Rongji]]
| party               = [[Chinese Communist Party]]
| spouse              = 
| religion            = 
| signature           = 
| alma_mater          = [[Fudan University]]|
}}

'''Li Lanqing''' ({{zh|s=李岚清|t=李嵐清|p=Lǐ Lánqīng}}; born 22 May 1932)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.360doc.cn/article/887743_451945932.html |title=中共中央政治局常委生日揭密 |access-date=2018-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512113105/http://www.360doc.cn/article/887743_451945932.html |archive-date=2018-05-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=June 2023}} is a retired Chinese politician who served as first-ranked [[Vice Premier of China]] between 1998 and 2003. He was a member of the [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo Standing Committee]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) between 1997 and 2002, and a regular [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo]] member from 1992 to 1997.

==Biography==
Born in [[Zhenjiang]], [[Jiangsu]] province, he initially worked at [[FAW Group|First Automobile Works]]. Li graduated from the Business Management Department of [[Fudan University]] in Shanghai in 1952. Then in 1956 he was sent to study in the Soviet Union, where he worked as an intern in two Moscow-based automobile factories. In 1959, he began working as a secretary at the [[First Ministry of Machine Building]]. In 1962, he began working as a secretary at the National Economics Commission. After the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, he was [[Sent-down youth|sent down]] to perform labor at a [[May Seventh Cadre School]]. In 1972, he resumed work at [[Dongfeng Motor Corporation]]. In 1978, he took part in the planning sessions for a "Third Automobile Works". In 1981, after the [[Chinese economic reform]] began, Li was sent to work for the central government in Beijing, leading the Office of Foreign Government Debt at the State Foreign Investment Commission. In 1983 he was again transferred to Tianjin, where he worked under mayor [[Li Ruihuan]] as a vice mayor. Li later held positions in the First Ministry of Machine Building Industry and the State Economic Commission. Li also served as director-general of the Foreign Investment Administration of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade. Li was also Executive Vice Minister and then Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade. Between 1997 and 2002, he was a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, the pinnacle of power in Chinese politics. While in government he was the first-ranked Vice-Premier, sometimes known as "Executive Vice Premier". In his capacity as Vice Premier, Li was responsible for national education policy. He is the author of "Education for 1.3 Billion: On 10 Years of Education Reform and Development." The book has sold more than 750,000 copies in China and has been translated into English. After retiring, Li practiced calligraphy. He also attempted to get a job as a shopkeeper at a local convenience store, but was ultimately not hired after being recognized by the owner. He lately attended the [[20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|20th Party Congress]] at age 90.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=zh:李岚清称退休后曾到小店应聘打工 被认出后遭拒|url=http://news.qq.com/a/20120318/000477.htm |work=[[Tencent QQ|QQ]] News |date=March 18, 2012}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=June 2023}}

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== External links ==
* [http://www.chinavitae.com/biography_display.php?id=408 Li Lanqing biography @ China Vitae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050428132842/http://chinavitae.com/biography_display.php?id=408 |date=2005-04-28 }}

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{{succession box | before = [[Zheng Tuobin]] | title = [[Minister of Commerce (China)|Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade]] | years = 1990–1993 | after = [[Wu Yi (politician)|Wu Yi]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Zhu Rongji]] | title = First-ranking [[Vice-Premier of the State Council]] | years = 1998–2003 | after = [[Huang Ju]]}}
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