Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
In office April 1986 – March 1993
General Secretary
Hu Yaobang Zhao Ziyang Jiang Zemin
Preceded by
Wang Zhaoguo
Succeeded by
Zeng Qinghong
Personal details
Born
(1942-09-15) 15 September 1942 (age 81) Tiensin, China
Political party
Chinese Communist Party (1965–Present)
Spouse
Zhang Peili
Children
2
Alma mater
China University of Geosciences (UG, Grad)
Signature
Wen Jiabao's voice
Wen speaking to the press before a bilateral meeting with US president Barack Obama in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Recorded 20 November 2012
Wen Jiabao
"Wen Jiabao" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese
温家宝
Traditional Chinese
溫家寶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wēn Jiābǎo
Wade–Giles
Wen1 Chia1-pao3
IPA
[wə́n tɕjá.pàʊ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Wān Gāa-bóu
Jyutping
Wan1 Gaa1-bou2
IPA
[wɐn˥ kaː˥.pou˧˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Un Ka-pó
Wen Jiabao (born 15 September 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the premier of China from 2003 to 2013. In his capacity as head of government, Wen was regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy. From 2002 to 2012, he held membership in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the country's de facto top power organ, where he was ranked third out of nine members and after general secretary Hu Jintao and Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
He worked as the director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party between 1986 and 1993, and accompanied Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang as Zhao's personal secretary to Tiananmen Square during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, where Zhao called on protesting students to leave the square and after which Zhao was removed from his position within the Party. In 1998, Wen was promoted to the post of Vice Premier under Premier Zhu Rongji, his mentor, and oversaw the broad portfolios of agriculture and finance.
Wen was dubbed "the people's premier" by both domestic and foreign media.[1] Instead of concentrating on GDP growth in large cities and rich coastal areas, Wen advocated for advancing policies considered more favorable towards farmers and migrant workers. Wen's government reduced agricultural taxes and pursued ambitious infrastructure projects. Following the global financial crisis of 2008, Wen's government injected four trillion yuan into the economy as part of a stimulus program.
Seen as the leading member of the reform wing of the Communist Party, Wen's family came under scrutiny by investigative journalists for having accumulated a massive fortune during his time in government, casting a cloud over his legacy shortly prior to his retirement.[2][3][4] He left office in 2013 and was succeeded by Li Keqiang.
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