Children Hu Haifeng, Hu Haiqing Name Liu Yongqing | ||
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Liu Yongqing (born 3 October 1940), is the wife of Hu Jintao, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People’s Republic of China.
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Traditionally, Liu Yongqing’s role would be primarily domestic, but this is fast changing as Chinese leaders travel abroad more. Liu had often accompanied her husband on his official trips to foreign countries and has made personal appearances at charities and cultural institutions all over the world.
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Biography
Liu Yongqing was born in 1940 in Chongqing. She attended Bashu High School. She met her husband at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Later she went on to work for Beijing city planning committee.
As with her husband, Liu's life and background are not widely known among observers abroad. She received virtually no public attention before Hu Jintao’s presidency. Hu himself has preferred to stay out of the public eye and has tended to avoid publicity during his political career.
Children
Hu Jintao and Liu Yongqing have two grown children – a son named Hu Haifeng and a daughter named Hu Haiqing, both of whom were educated at the Tsinghua University. Haifeng is a businessman. Haiqing was married in 2003, at the age of 33, to Mao Daolin.