Li Yining

Early life

Li Yining was born 22 November 1930 in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, but is considered a native of his ancestral home Yizheng by Chinese convention. He was raised in Shanghai and Hunan province. In 1951, he entered the Economics Department of Peking University, where he studied under prominent economists such as Chen Daisun (陈岱孙) and Luo Zhiru , and was hired as a faculty member after graduating in 1955. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was the doctoral advisor of Li Keqiang and the advisor for the master thesis of Li Yuanchao. They co-authored the book Strategic Choices for Prosperity . In 2013 Li Keqiang became the Premier of China and Li Yuanchao became the Vice President.