Since the U.S. “Wall Street Journal” first speculated that the Chinese lead of the U.S.-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue “before the change”, Hu Chunhua replaced Liu He news, first immediately denied by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman, and then Liu He frequently appear “normal work”. However, the U.S. media listed “evidence” questioning that Hu Chunhua has long been stealing Liu He’s job.
According to an analysis in a May 28 article in Free Asia, on the morning of May 27, Beijing time, the Chinese Communist Party officially informed that “Liu He, the Chinese leader of the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, spoke with US Trade Representative Dyche”. In this regard, the focus of external media attention is still on the fact that the Chinese “leader” has not been replaced by Hu Chunhua from Liu He.
The article quotes a commentary published by Beijing-based Dovetail News, “Liu He speaks with U.S. Trade Representative, why Hu Chunhua did not replace Liu He”: “If there are no surprises, Liu He will continue to be the Chinese lead of the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue before the 20th Communist Party Congress”. The reason is that now there are no special circumstances, there is really no reason and no need for Hu Chunhua to replace Liu He as the Chinese lead of the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue. The two have different areas of responsibility, with Liu He in charge of commerce, finance and science and technology; Hu Chunhua in charge of agriculture and poverty alleviation. From the division of labor between the two men, Liu He is more appropriate to serve as the Chinese lead of the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, and since Liu He has been serving as the Chinese lead of the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue since 2018, he knows the US-China economic dialogue very well, and China does not need to change anyone at this time.
This commentary in Dovetail also analyzes that Hu Chunhua is in charge of the three agricultural and poverty alleviation work, which is a very heavy task, and he needs to do a good job in this area wholeheartedly.
The article also said, from the existing top personnel layout of the CPC, Hu Chunhua has the hope to become the successor of the top leaders of the CPC in the future, and is likely to be promoted to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC at the 20th CPC Congress next year. As a member of the succession echelon of CCP leaders, it is not necessary for Hu Chunhua to be at the forefront of the Sino-US negotiation dialogue. Whether or not he serves as the Chinese lead for the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue also has no impact on Hu’s career. So by all accounts, there is no need for Hu Chunhua to replace Liu He as the Chinese lead of the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue for the time being.
In this regard, the article in Free Asia agrees with the analysis that “there is no reason and no need for Hu Chunhua to replace Liu He as the Chinese lead of the US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, but the reason is not that Liu He and Hu Chunhua “have different areas of responsibility in the State Council. is in charge of commerce, finance and science and technology; Hu Chunhua is in charge of agriculture and poverty alleviation”.
The article said that the division of responsibilities of the current vice premiers of the CPC State Council has been summarized by the media as follows: Han Zheng is in charge of development and reform, finance; Sun Chunlan is in charge of culture, education, health and sports; Hu Chunhua is in charge of agriculture, finance and poverty alleviation; and Liu He is in charge of commerce, finance and science and technology. But the fact is, at least the foreign trade and economic stall, has been shared by Hu Chunhua and Liu He. In other words, Hu Chunhua has been stealing Liu He’s “rice bowl”.
The article cites the trajectory of Hu Chunhua’s activities in the field of business and the specific role he played in the last year, as reported by Xinhua News Agency.
- On the 27th of this month, the same day Liu He’s latest call with the U.S. trade representative in his capacity as the “Chinese lead”, Hu Chunhua, in his capacity as the “Chinese lead of the Sino-French high-level economic and financial dialogue”, was invited to meet with the French Minister of Economy and Finance and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. The French Minister of Economy and Finance, the French lead of the dialogue, Mr. Le Maire, held a video call”.
2, May 21, the 12th Central China Investment and Trade Fair opened the same day in Taiyuan. Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
3, May 6, the first China International Consumer Goods Fair opened in Haikou, Hainan. Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony, read out the congratulatory letter from President Xi Jinping and delivered a speech.
4, January 5, Vice Premier of the State Council, the Chinese side of the high-level economic and financial dialogue between China and France, the Chinese side of the lead Hu Chunhua by appointment with the French Minister of Economy and Finance, with the French side of the lead Le Maire telephone call.
5、On December 4, 2020, Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted a research on commercial work in Beijing. He stressed Xi Jinping’s “important instructions and instructions” to “study and plan for next year’s business work.
6、On December 2, 2020, the 20th anniversary celebration dinner of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China was held in Beijing with Vice Premier Hu Chunhua attending and delivering a speech.
7、October 20, 2020: Vice Premier Hu Chunhua met by video with a delegation led by Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S.-China National Council for Trade Mr. Lang Bowen in Beijing.
8、September 27, 2020: Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, inspects the development of new business models and modes of foreign trade in Shanghai.
9, July 25, 2020, Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, supervised the work of stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province.
10, July 21, 2020: Vice Premier Hu Chunhua and French Minister of Economy and Finance Le Maire co-chair a video dialogue between their delegations on July 21.
11, July 14, 2020: Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, hosted a forum on stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment in some key provinces and cities in Yiwu, Zhejiang.
12, June 2, 2020 news, the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau member, Vice Premier Hu Chunhua recently in Hainan Province to research the construction of free trade ports.
According to the aforementioned article, Hu Chunhua’s division of responsibilities within the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, or “areas of responsibility”, are by no means limited to the “three rural areas” and “poverty alleviation” that are known to the outside world, as seen from the public information in the last year. “poverty alleviation”. And Liu He’s so-called “in charge of business”, more than all, or explained as Liu He and Hu Chunhua jointly in charge of business, but each focus is more accurate.
The article said that in foreign trade and economic cooperation, Liu He is mainly responsible for dealing with the United States as the so-called “lead person” is no doubt. But in addition to what Hu has done in foreign trade and economic activities in the past year, if we go back further, we will find that after the current cabinet of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, that is, after March 2018, when Hu and Liu He became vice premiers of the State Council together, Hu has played the role of “Chinese lead” in trade and economic affairs with Europe, Russia, and even Africa and the Americas. Chinese lead” role.
On April 9, 2020, Hu Chunhua, in his capacity as the “Chinese lead of the Sino-British Economic and Financial Dialogue,” had a telephone conversation with the British Chancellor of the Exchequer and with the British lead, Mr. Sunac. On December 12, 2020, the American Chamber of Commerce in China’s 2019 Annual Appreciation Dinner and 100th Anniversary Celebration was held in Beijing. China was not attended and addressed by Liu He, but by Hu Chunhua.
Also, Vice Premier Hu Chunhua met with European representatives, including former French Prime Minister de Villepin, who came to China to attend the third round of China-EU Business Leaders and Dialogue in Zhongnanhai on the afternoon of Nov. 26, 2019.
China-Brazil Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum is held in Beijing on Oct. 25, 2019. Hu Chunhua, Vice Premier of the State Council, and President Bossonaro of Brazil attend the opening ceremony and deliver speeches together.
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Ministerial Meeting in Beijing on August 3, 2019. Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech.
The opening ceremony of the first China-Africa Economic and Trade Fair and China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum 2019 in Changsha, Hunan Province on June 27, 2019. Hu Chunhua, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attends the opening ceremony, reads out a congratulatory letter from President Xi Jinping and delivers a speech.
Hu Chunhua attends and delivers a keynote speech at the 2019 China International Fair for Trade in Services Global Services Summit on May 28, 2019.
Hu Chunhua, Vice Premier of the State Council and Chinese Chairman of the Committee for Regular Meetings between Chinese and Russian Prime Ministers, co-chairs the 22nd meeting of the Committee for Regular Meetings between Chinese and Russian Prime Ministers with Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Chairman of the Committee, Akimov, in Shanghai on Nov. 6, 2019.
This is not the entire content of Hu Chunhua’s public activities and projects in the field of foreign and domestic trade and economy since he became Vice Premier.
The U.S. media article concluded that although Hu Chunhua failed to be promoted from a member of the Politburo to the Standing Committee at the 19th CPC National Congress in October 2017, and certainly could not become the first Vice Premier of the State Council, the work he has been responsible for since entering the State Council is not only incomparable to that of Sun Chunlan, but also more important than the burden of Liu He. In particular, the outside world has not been particularly concerned about, not only domestic business, in the field of foreign trade and economic cooperation, Hu Chunhua is not responsible for the most important and most unpleasant economic and trade with the United States, but has assumed a large part of the other than the United States. This deliberate arrangement to “put more burden” on Hu Chunhua may be evidence that he is being further reappointed by Xi Jinping, probably as a direct replacement for Li Keqiang, or as a one-term member of the Politburo Standing Committee and First Vice Premier of the State Council.
Hu Chunhua is said to have been appointed by former party leader Hu Jintao to succeed him as a representative of the regiment, and was the favorite to join the Standing Committee before the 19th CPC National Congress, but was suspected to have been influenced by the fall of Sun Zhengcai, another favorite to join the Standing Committee, and ended up serving as Vice Premier the following year.
Current affairs commentator Situ Jian also previously argued in an article in Voice of Hope that Xi has prepared the weakest premier in the mechanism for his not-so-suspenseful next term to navigate. After all, during the Xi-Li cooperation, Li Keqiang had repeated episodes of backstabbing Xi Jinping in the face, which made Xi look bad and was quite unhappy inside. This weakest premier Xi prepared should be Hu Chunhua. Hu Chunhua will become the weakest premier of the Chinese Communist Party in the past forty years.
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