Li Keqiang died at the age of 68 on Friday.
Li Keqiang, the pro-reform Chinese former Premier, died after suffering a heart attack. He was 68. During his time as premier, Mr Li cultivated an image as a more modern Communist Party leader compared to his stiffer colleagues.
Here are 5 points on Li Keqiang:
- He was the son of a minor party official in eastern China's Anhui province. Mr Li was a career bureaucrat before entering politics who spoke fluent English.
- Li Keqiang was sent to the countryside by his family to work as a labourer during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976.
- He studied law at Peking University, where classmates say he embraced Western liberalism. But he became more orthodox after joining the Communist Party in the mid-1980s.
- Under Mr Li's watch, China's economy began to slow from the dizzying heights experienced in the 1990s and 2000s.
- During his 10-year-long tenure, Mr Li focused on improving conditions for entrepreneurs, wooing foreign investors, cutting red tape and boosting incomes for the poor.
