ZOU JIHUA, HEAD OF PLANNING COMMISSION (62)
State Councillor, Minister in charge of the State Planning
Commission since 1989 and a member of the Central Committee.
Engineering and economic background. Close to Li Peng. Tipped for
promotion to Vice-Premier at NPC although this did not materialise.
Brother-in-law of Governor of Guangdong.
ZHENG TUOBIN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE (65)
Minister for Foreign and Economic Relations and Trade since 1985. Long expertise in foreign trade field. His predecessor, Li Qiang, was the first PRC Minister to visit Hong Kong in the late 1970s.
TIAN ZENGPEI, VICE-MINISTER IN CHINESE MFA (59)
Recently appointed Vice-Minister in charge of the Soviet Union, Europe and Hong Kong and Macao. Experience hitherto largely
confined to Eastern Europe. Ambassador in Czechoslovakia. Also
served in Yugoslavia.
LI RUIHUAN (55)
Member of Politbureau Standing Committee currently in charge of
ideology and propaganda. Believed to be one of the leading
pro-reformers in the top leadership. An engineer by background. Like Tian Jiyun, he is associated with Zhao Ziyang. Was in charge
of the construction of Peking's airport terminal in the late 1970s, Mayor of Tianjin until 1989.
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