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China’s Communist Party

Change of guard at China’s track 1.5 diplomacy channel founded by Zhu Rongji

Former vice-president Wang Qishan becomes honorary chair of Tsinghua University advisory board chaired by Apple’s Tim Cook.

31 Oct 2024 - 9:00PMvideocam

Brazil

Brazil’s Lula puts ‘biggest trading partner’ China among first visits

4 Jan 2023 - 4:20PM

Banking & finance

China arrests disgraced former CMB president

26 Oct 2022 - 7:00PMvideocam

China-UK relations

Chance for stability in aftermath of China hawk Liz Truss, analyst says

The former British PM was ready to forge ahead with her China threat plan before her resignation.

21 Oct 2022 - 11:41PMvideocam

Former British prime minister Liz Truss did not have time to do much on foreign affairs, according to one Chinese analyst. Photo: Reuters

China’s 20th Party Congress

Chinese vice-president heads to Kazakhstan, and may miss party congress

Wang will lead a delegation to Astana to attend CICA summit on two-day trip, foreign ministry says. Covid-19 rules could mean he will be absent from key political gathering in Beijing.

11 Oct 2022 - 8:30PMvideocam

China-UK relations

Chinese vice-president attends Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

Wang Qishan, as special envoy of Xi Jinping, pays tribute to the late queen alongside US President Joe Biden and other foreign leaders and dignitaries.

19 Sep 2022 - 10:19PMvideocam

China-UK relations

Chinese vice-president to attend Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral: sources

Wang Qishan is expected to arrive in London on Sunday, a day before the funeral.

15 Sep 2022 - 9:54PM

Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan is expected to attend the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth, according to sources. Photo: Xinhua via AP

China-Philippines relations

China’s vice-president to attend Marcos inauguration in Philippines

Wang Qishan will be Xi Jinping’s special representative at event on Thursday.

28 Jun 2022 - 7:51PMvideocam

South Korea

China urges cooperation as South Korea’s new leader takes office

Beijing sends Vice-President Wang Qishan to attend inauguration of Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on Tuesday.

11 May 2022 - 10:00AM

Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

Former Chinese anti-graft inspector gets suspended death sentence for corruption

Dong took about US$73 million in bribes over two decades, court says.

29 Jan 2022 - 12:20PM

Dong Hong, a former senior inspector of China’s top anti-corruption agency has been given a suspended death sentence for taking 463 million (US$72.9 million) in bribes. Photo: Xinhua

US-China relations

Exclusive | What Wang Qishan told old friend from US about Communist Party’s legitimacy

Wall Street executive John Thornton has no government role but bridges the US-China divide like Henry Kissinger in 1971, source says.

28 Sep 2021 - 1:37AMvideocam

Wang Qishan and John Thornton have known each other since the 1990s. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Corruption in China

Former top corruption inspector charged with taking US$71 million in bribes

Dong Hong, a former aide of Vice-President Wang Qishan, took bribes totalling 460 million yuan over two decades of his political career, prosecutors say.

10 Sep 2021 - 6:53AMvideocam

US-China relations

US, China have more common interests than differences, Wang Qishan says

‘Upholding the spirit of non-conflict and non-confrontation … key to promoting the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations,’ Chinese vice-president says.

29 Jan 2021 - 11:22PMvideocam

US-China trade war

Former Treasury secretary calls for ‘targeted reciprocity’ in US-China trade

Henry Paulson, a former US Treasury secretary, says Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods should not be lifted without the US getting something in return.

17 Nov 2020 - 11:20PMvideocam

Tensions between the US and China have rapidly worsened in recent years over trade policy, human rights, and most recently the coronavirus. Photo: AFP

US-China relations

Beijing’s rivalry with US is main external threat to its development, NDRC says

But time is on China’s side, the National Development and Reform Commission says in report.

29 Oct 2020 - 9:30AMvideocam

The US is the biggest external threat to China’s development, the NDRC says. Photo: Shutterstock

China economy

China will focus on self-reliance and cutting risk, says vice-president

Xi Jinping’s right-hand man signals move away from a export-oriented strategy ahead of key Communist Party policy meeting.

24 Oct 2020 - 10:00PM

China’s Communist Party

China investigates former Wang Qishan aide for alleged corruption

Dong Hong, who worked with the vice-president from 1998 until 2017, is being investigated over ‘suspected serious violation of laws and party rules’.

2 Oct 2020 - 9:38PMvideocam

US-China trade war

Is globalisation doomed? Business elites mull future as trade war rages

Protectionism is on the rise and questions are increasing about whether globalisation still works, as New Economy Forum kicks off in Beijing

24 Nov 2019 - 10:39PMvideocam

Shipping containers from China and other Asian countries are unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles. A trade war has been raging for well over a year between the US and China. Photo: AFP

US-China relations

Wang Qishan laments protectionism, populism amid US-China trade deal doubts

Countries should stop ‘blaming and resenting others’, and abandon cold war mentality, he says in speech at New Economy Forum, after Donald Trump says Beijing is ‘not stepping up to the level I want’ in making concessions.

21 Nov 2019 - 5:06PMvideocam

Japan

Japanese ‘spy’ detained in China allowed to return home

The man, identified by China’s foreign ministry as Nobu Iwatani, reportedly confessed to collecting a large amount of ‘classified information’.

15 Nov 2019 - 6:53PM

China-Japan relations

China to send Wang Qishan to Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement

Vice-president will attend ceremony as Xi Jinping’s special envoy and will also represent Beijing at Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s inauguration.

15 Oct 2019 - 7:30AM

Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan, 71, has taken on a diplomatic role since Xi Jinping began his second term in March last year. Photo: Reuters

US-China trade war

Globalisation is best way through trade war, China’s Wang Qishan says

Protectionism should be opposed and Beijing is ‘determined to open up to learn the advantages of other nations’, he says, with US and China set to resume trade talks.

8 Jul 2019 - 11:26PMvideocam

Wang’s comments came as the China and the US are poised to resume their trade negotiations. Photo: Reuters

US-China relations

Is ‘firefighter’ Wang Qishan working behind the scenes on trade talks?

Chinese vice-president tells visiting Mexican foreign affairs secretary that his main task now is helping Xi Jinping with ‘ceremonial diplomacy’.

2 Jul 2019 - 11:10PM

China-EU relations

China, Germany ‘agree to uphold global multilateral order’ in Berlin talks

They also ‘oppose behaviour that will damage the current order with abusive sanctions’, according to foreign ministry.

4 Jun 2019 - 1:05AM

Pakistan

China seeks security guarantees for Pakistan belt and road projects

Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan raises concerns with Prime Minister Imran Khan.

28 May 2019 - 10:48PM

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (and Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan in Islamabad. Photo: AFP

US-China trade war

China looks to Russia, Central Asia for support amid tensions with US

Xi Jinping will meet Vladimir Putin next month and address an economic summit in St Petersburg before he attends security forums in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

10 Dec 2019 - 11:19PMvideocam

Xi Jinping has met Vladimir Putin more times than any other foreign leader since he took power in 2013. Photo: AFP

China society

Opinion | Could Wang Qishan be the new face of Chinese pragmatism?

China’s vice-president made it a point in his Davos speech to stress Beijing’s commitment to taking a pragmatic approach in problem-solving – welcome words that should help ease tense US-China relations.

29 Jan 2019 - 1:52AM

China economy

The remaining China bulls insist the slowing economy is fine

‘Wang Qishan is completely right,’ said one analyst, backing the Chinese government’s positive view of its economy.

25 Jan 2019 - 4:10PM

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Wang Qishan

Wang Qishan was born in Qingdao, Shandong in 1948, and graduated from the History Department of Northwest University in 1976. Wang was a deputy governor of China's central bank between 1993 and 1994, then president of China Construction Bank from 1994 to 1997. He was appointed acting mayor of Beijing when SARS struck the city in spring 2003, and served as mayor until 2007. Known for his straight-talking style and financial management expertise, Wang was promoted to vice premier in 2008. He became a member of the Politburo Standing Committee during the 18th Party Congress in November 2012, as well as secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Born

Jul 1, 1948

Industry

Politics

Job Title

Former Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

last updated:

7 October, 2024