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HKFP Lens: Li Keqiang, China’s pragmatic premier – in pictures

Hong Kong Free Press

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Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang died on Friday aged 68 after suffering a heart attack, according to state media.

Combination of nine pictures of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
Combination of nine pictures of then-Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during the press conference after the closing ceremony of the annual session of China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress, in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on March 15, 2015. Photo: Fred Dufour/AFP.

Viewed as an open-minded pragmatic, Li steered China’s economy through a global financial crisis before being side-lined and stepping down in March.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) welcomes China's Vice-Premier Li Keqiang
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) welcomes China’s Vice-Premier Li Keqiang to ‘The Lodge’, the prime minister’s official residence, in Canberra on October 30, 2009. Photo: Tim Wimborne/AFP/Pool.
Vice-Premier of the State Council, Mr Li Keqiang, tours a demonstration kitchen
The Vice-Premier of the State Council, Mr Li Keqiang, tours a demonstration kitchen in the Vocational Training Council (VTC)’s Chinese Cuisine Training Institute in 2011 in Hong Kong. Photo: GovHK.
Vice-Premier of the State Council, Mr Li Keqiang
Vice-Premier of the State Council, Mr Li Keqiang attends a commencement ceremony of the construction of Second West-East Natural Gas Pipeline in Hong Kong in 2009 Photo: GovHK.
Premier Li Keqiang (R) shares a light moment with Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang
China’s Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) shares a light moment with Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Donald Tsang (L) during a welcoming dinner at a hotel in Hong Kong on August 17, 2011. Photo: Vincent Yu/AFP/Pool.
Premier Li Keqiang (R) clapping hands during the 12th National People's Congress
Newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) bows after he was also elected as Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) clapping hands during the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2013. Photo: Goh Chai Hin/AFP.
Chinese Primer Li Keqiang (C) arrives in Longmen township
Chinese Primer Li Keqiang (C) arrives in Longmen township, an area very close to the epicentre of a shallow earthquake at magnitude 7.0 that hit the city of Ya’an, southwest China’s Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. Photo: Stringer/AFP.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (L) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, west of London, on June 17, 2014 on the first full day of a three day visit to Britain. Photo: Steve Parsons/AFP.
Then-premier Li Keqiang with Russia's Vladimir Putin in 2016.
Then-premier Li Keqiang with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in 2016. File photo: Kremlin via CC2.0.a
(FILES) China's Premier Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed to Government House by a Maori elder during a welcome ceremony in Wellington on March 27, 2017. - Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died after suffering a heart attack, state media reported on October 27, 2023. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)
(FILES) China’s Premier Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed to Government House by a Maori elder during a welcome ceremony in Wellington on March 27, 2017. – Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang has died after suffering a heart attack, state media reported on October 27, 2023. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)
Carrie Lam Li Keqiang
Carrie Lam (L) and Li Keqiang (R). Photo: GovHK.
Carrie Lam Li Keqiang
Carrie Lam and Li Keqiang. Photo: GovHK.
Li Keqiang
Then-premier Li Keqiang with then-UK leader David Cameron in 2014. File photo: Sergeant Paul Shaw LBIPP (Army) via CC2.0.a
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee (left), briefs Premier Li Keqiang
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee (left), briefs Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing in 2022 on the latest economic, social and political situation in Hong Kong. Photo: GovHK.

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