CHINA-ECONOMY: LEADERSHIP
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The State Council announced on February 26, 2016, that 59-year old Ning Jizhe, who has advised Premier Li Keqiang on economic policy, will lead the National Bureau of Statistics and be its top Communist Party official.He will continue in his current position as Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
(Comment: Ning Jizhe and 60-year old Li Keqiang are both natives of Anhui province, where they grew up in nearby hometowns less than a two-hour drive apart, before becoming economists. Ning Jizhe is the main author of speeches and reports that are presented by Li Keqiang. The two often travel together on official trips. Ning Jizhe obtained an economics Ph.D. from the Renmin University, in the 1980s, when such intellectual accomplishments were still relatively rare.)
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