Li Peng
Chinese politician, b. 1928
Li Peng served as the fourth Premier of the People’s Republic of China, between 1987 and 1998, and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003. For much of the 1990s Li was ranked second in the Communist Party of China (CPC) hierarchy behind then Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin. He retained his seat on the CPC Politburo Standing Committee until 2002. Li began two megaprojects when he was the Premier. He initiated the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on 14 December 1994, and later began preparations for the Shenzhou Manned Space Program.
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