Liu Yongqing (Chinese: 刘永清; Pinyin: Liú Yǒngqīng) is the wife of Hu Jintao, the current president of the People’s Republic of China. Liu Yongqing has, as is the Chinese custom, retained her maiden name. Traditionally, Liu Yonqing’s role would be primarily domestic but this is fast changing as Chinese leaders travel abroad more. Liu often accompanies her husband on his official trips to foreign countries and has made personal appearances at charit...
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Liu Yongqing (Chinese: 刘永清; Pinyin: Liú Yǒngqīng) is the wife of Hu Jintao, the current president of the People’s Republic of China. Liu Yongqing has, as is the Chinese custom, retained her maiden name. Traditionally, Liu Yonqing’s role would be primarily domestic but this is fast changing as Chinese leaders travel abroad more. Liu often accompanies her husband on his official trips to foreign countries and has made personal appearances at charities and cultural institutions all over the world.
Liu Yonqing was born in 1940, two years before her husband to be. She and her husband met as classmates at one of China’s most prestigious academic centers, Tsinghua University, in Beijing. Later she went on to work for Beijing city planning committee.
As with her husband, Liu's life and background is somewhat of an enigma to Western analysers. She received virtually no political attention before Hu Jintao’s Presidency. Hu himself has preferred to stay out of the public eye and has tended to...
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