BEIJING: Former Premier Li Keqiang, China's top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68.
Li was China's No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private business but was left with little authority after President Xi Jinping made himself the most powerful Chinese leader in decades and tightened control over the economy and society.CCTV said Li had been resting in Shanghai recently and had a heart attack on Thursday. He died at 12:10 a.m. Friday.
In his first annual policy address, Li in 2014 was praised for promising to pursue market-oriented reform, cut government waste, clean up air pollution and root out pervasive corruption that was undermining public faith in the ruling party.Xi took away Li's decision-making powers on economic matters by appointing himself to head a party commission overseeing reform.
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