China: Last year, when the protest against the zero covid policy intensified in China, the difficulties of Chinese President Xi Jinping increased. People who took to the streets were demanding the resignation of the President. Then one person took over the entire reins. Many important decisions were taken due to which the situation improved. Even before this, on the strength of his working style, this person had won the trust of Xi Jinping. Now this person is going to get reward for this.
Actually, Li Qiang, the head of the Communist Party of Shanghai, is about to become the second most powerful leader of China. He is also ready to become the next Prime Minister of China. Significantly, last year, when Li Qiang stepped on the dais in the Great Hall of the People with Xi Jinping, it became clear that he was given the second ranking in the Politburo Standing Committee.
According to a Reuters report, Li Qiang played a very important role when China’s top officials and medical experts were strategizing with President Xi Jinping to end the Zero Kovid policy. Earlier, Xi had given Li the responsibility of handling the protests in November, after which it was decided to end the lockdown.
Important meeting was held regarding COVID control
Wang repeatedly asked during meetings with top officials how many deaths would result from the removal of COVID controls in a worst-case scenario. Meanwhile, some local-level party workers and healthcare officials were grappling with mounting challenges in implementing the zero-covid policy. Li Qiang, 63, was previously in charge of Shanghai. Then he supervised 25 million people of the city in a two-month lockdown during the Corona period.
Relationship with Xi is two decades old
Let us inform that Li Qiang’s relationship with Xi Jinping is almost two decades old. When Xi was the party’s boss in Zhejiang province, Li was his chief of staff. Lee was his top personal aide from 2004 to 2007. After Xi Jinping became president, Li was first promoted to governor of Zhejiang and then party secretary of Jiangsu province.
