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Li Keqiang: A man who puts people first

File photo taken on April 28, 2012 shows Li Keqiang delivers a speech at Moscow State University in Moscow, the capital of Russia. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING - His toughness in advancing complex reforms, as well as his social warmth and scholarly temperament have made him a major figure in China's political arena.

Calling reform "the biggest pidend for China," Vice-Premier Li Keqiang has used

different occasions to facilitate reforms since being re-elected in mid-November as a

member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of

China (CPC) Central Committee.

"Reform is like rowing upstream. Failing to advance means falling back," he said at a

symposium on advancing comprehensive reforms.

"Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not

assuming their historical responsibility," he said.

China's new wave of reform has begun with curbing bureaucracy in meetings. When

presiding over meetings, Li forbids officials to read prepared speeches, encourages them to take the floor freely and asks incisive and persistent questions to get to the bottom of matters.

In a meeting on China's HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, he encouraged

representatives from nongovernmental organizations to talk more about their problems, even though this delayed his appointment with other officials.

Li has also emphasized that only reform can improve Chinese people's living standards and that future reforms must ensure equal rights and opportunities for the people and ensure that everybody adheres to the rules.

From secretary of a village's CPC branch to member of the CPC's highest leading body, Li, 57, has continuously maintained a down-to-earth work style and the principle of putting people first.

His curriculum vitae reflects his rich governance experience. Li served as secretary of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) committee of Peking University. He was a member of the Secretariat of the CYLC Central Committee and the Party chief of Henan and Liaoning provinces.

Confident, smart and eloquent in public, Li is frank, amiable, resolute and responsible at work, according to his acquaintances.

After 10 years of study at Peking University, Li earned a bachelor's degree in law and master's and doctorate degrees in economics. He has excelled in China's officialdom due to his academic accomplishments and international perspective.

Li first joined the highest leading body of the CPC five years ago at the first Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee. A few months later, he became China's youngest Vice-Premier in nearly 20 years.

Crazy for Gold

A drop in the price of the yellow metal has sparked a buying frenzy not seen

in decades

PANIC BUYING: Streams of consumers rush to purchase gold

products at a store in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, on April 18 (XU

YIJIA)

From April 10 to 16, the price of gold plummeted 15 percent from $1,588 per ounce to $1,321 per ounce in the international market, the biggest single-week price plunge in the history. On April 12, New York gold futures were down 4.1 percent to $1,501 per ounce. The same day, gold stores in Beijing like Caibai Jewelry, lowered their prices for gold jewelry as pure gold stumbled to 385 yuan ($61.11) per gram.

The dramatic plunge has triggered a buying frenzy across China, one of the biggest gold-consuming countries in Asia.

"The price for gold jewelry has dropped roughly 30 yuan ($4.76) per gram from last year. If you buy a 70-gram bracelet, the price is 2,000 yuan ($317.46) lower than several

months ago," said a buyer in Caibai, the largest gold and jewelry merchant in Beijing. "After gold price began to plunge by 20 and 30 grams, gold bars were once out of stock for about one week, and most customers were middle-aged and elderly people," said one salesman at a jewelry shop in west Beijing.

In Beijing, many consumers queued up in front of Caibai in the early morning to snap up gold products. A total of 20,000 g gold bars were sold in less than two hours, generating sales of 6 million yuan ($952,381), a figure not seen since last October.

Love for gold

A better explanation for the gold-buying binge is its use as an inflation hedge. In the early 20th century, with constantly changing governments, Chinese people developed a consciousness for accumulating gold. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Government had begun to issue paper money by virtue of national credit. Some speculators in Shanghai then conspired to bid up the price of gold by not using Renminbi in trade, resulting in the government suspending private transactions of gold from 1950 to 1982.

In 2002, gold transactions were finally liberalized and the Shanghai Gold Exchange

(SGE) was set up. In a sense, Chinese people are still not mature when it comes to gold investment, and more and more precious metal investment tools and transaction channels have been a response to Chinese people's longing for gold.

Hoarding gold was traditionally considered to be the best way to preserve wealth. Rapid economic growth and increased income allowed gold to take on an increasingly

prominent position in household financial planning. Still, gold asset allocation in China is still no more than 1 percent, lagging far behind the 5 to 10 percent of the global average.

"Chinese investors have began to go bottom fishing since the second day when the price of gold began to collapse," said Zhao Xiangbin, a gold analyst. The drive behind the so-called "gold rush" is rigid demand.

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