Li Keqiang: Late China Premier Championed Growth, Small Business
- Former premier had led ‘mass entreprenurship’ campaign
- Seen as symbol of liberalizing direction now under question
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The late Chinese Premier Li Keqiang built his reputation around trying to make economic growth the Communist Party’s number one priority, with the expansion of private businesses and innovation as the main tools for achieving that.
It wasn’t a position that always won him support in government, but it did have results.