Liu Qi (politician, born 1942)
Liu Qi | |
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刘淇 | |
![]() Liu Qi | |
Party Secretary of Beijing | |
In office 22 October 2002 – 3 July 2012 | |
Preceded by | Jia Qinglin |
Succeeded by | Guo Jinlong |
President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games | |
In office 29 August 2004 – 24 August 2008 | |
IOC President | Jacques Rogge |
Preceded by | Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki |
Succeeded by | Sebastian Coe |
Chair of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games | |
In office December 13, 2001 – August 22, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Committee established |
Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
Mayor of Beijing | |
In office 10 February 1999 – 19 January 2003 | |
Preceded by | Jia Qinglin |
Succeeded by | Meng Xuenong |
Minister of Metallurgical Industry | |
In office March 1993 – March 1998 | |
Preceded by | Qi Yuanqing |
Succeeded by | Position revoked |
Personal details | |
Born | Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China | 3 November 1942
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Beijing 101 Middle School University of Science and Technology Beijing |
Liu Qi (simplified Chinese: 刘淇; traditional Chinese: 劉淇; pinyin: Liú Qí; born November 3, 1942, in Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu) is a retired Chinese politician. He formerly served as the Party Secretary of Beijing, and also a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He was also the President of the Beijing 2008 Olympics Organizing Committee.[1]
Biography
[edit]Steel Industry
[edit]Liu Qi graduated from Beijing 101 Middle School in 1959 and subsequently enrolled in the Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering, and majored in iron smelting, graduating in 1964. Concurrently, he was accepted into the postgraduate program of the same department, specializing in Ferrous metallurgy, and obtained his postgraduate qualification in 1968. In June of the same year, he was appointed to the Wuhan Iron and Steel Company's Iron and Steel Plant, where he held positions as gas worker, furnace foreman, and foreman of the second blast furnace.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1975. From 1978 to 1983, he served as a technician and deputy furnace manager of the third blast furnace at the same plant. From 1983 to 1985, he was the deputy director of the plant and the director of the production department. From 1985 to 1990, he served as the first director of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Company's Iron and Steel Plant. From 1985 until 1990, he served as the inaugural deputy manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel Company and was a member of the Company's Party Committee Standing Committee. From 1990 to 1993, he served as the manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel Company.[3]
He held the position of Minister of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry from 1993 until 1998. [4]
Beijing
[edit]In 1998, Zhu Rongji, the newly appointed Premier of the State Council, oversaw the institutional reform of the State Council, resulting in the dissolution of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. Liu Qi was subsequently appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee and Deputy Mayor of Beijing. From 1999 to 2002, he held the position of Deputy Secretary of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee and served as the Mayor of Beijing. From 2002 to 2003, he held the positions of member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, Secretary of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, and Mayor. He was a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee from 2003 till June 2012. In December 2001, he held the position of chairman of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.[5][6] During his tenure, Beijing effectively hosted the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, and on August 25, 2008, Liu Qi received the Olympic Order from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge.[7]
Liu Qi chaired 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in 2009 as the master of ceremonies,[8][9] and has served as the deputy head of the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization since July 2012. In November 2012, he resigned from his position as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Liu Qi: Ensure supply of essentials for Games - the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
- ^ 中国人物年鉴 (in Chinese). 华艺出版社. 2006. p. 25. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ 中央组织部, 中国共产党; 中共中央党史硏究室 (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典, 1921-2003 (in Chinese). 中共党史出版社. p. 450. ISBN 978-7-80136-952-9. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ 国务院, China (2001). 中华人民共和国国务院令, 1949.10-2001.4 (in Chinese). 吉林人民出版社. p. 438. ISBN 978-7-206-03703-0. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics can boost development and peace, UN envoy says". UN News. 2007-04-24. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Liu Qi: Beijing Games, 'grand celebration of sport, peace and friendship' -- china.org.cn". China.org.cn. 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ 世界知识年鑑 (in Chinese). 世界知识出版社. 2008. p. 1174. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Grand performance staged for National Day CCTV-International". CCTV.com English. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Sixty-gun salutes, flag raising ceremony kick off grand celebration". China Daily Website. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "北京原市委书记刘淇任中央文明委副主任". 第一财经_专业创造价值. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ "两任北京市委书记卸任后 都去了这个大单位——人民政协网". 人民政协网 (in Chinese). 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
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