Li Qiang, close Xi ally, is China’s next Premier
Li Qiang, a long-time close ally of President Xi Jinping, was on Saturday appointed the next Premier of China, and given the task of running the economy for the next five years. The National People’s Congress, the ceremonial legislature that on Friday endorsed Mr. Xi for a precedent-defying third term, on Saturday confirmed Mr. Li’s appointment. The session on Saturday also endorsed, as expected, two People’s Liberation Army Generals, Zhang Youxia and He Weidong, as Vice Chairmen of the Central Military Commission of the State, which is headed by Mr. Xi. “Zhang Like, commander of the Shandong Provincial Military District, suggested that China should push for the introduction of laws such as the mobilisation of reserve forces,” the report said, adding that “other deputies called for legislative changes related to the PLA’s overseas operations, which have expanded in recent years and include the establishment of a military base in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, and naval escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia.” The NPC in 2021 passed a border law, which came into effect in January 2022, which lists various responsibilities for civilian and military authorities to take steps to “safeguard national sovereignty”.
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