What is Jia Qinglin?
[[File:Jia Qinglin.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Jia Qinglin]] '''Jia Qinglin''' ({{zh|s=贾庆林}}; born March 1940) is a retired [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[politician]] who served as a 7th [[Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] from 2003 to 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM's visit will address China rise |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/pms-visit-will-address-china-rise/news-story/fe214b2e8a95f932b91218b04f0a5c71 |work=theaustralian.com.au}}</ref> Jia is an engineer by trade and he began his political career in Fujian distric in 1985. He gain popularity during the Yuanhua scandal. In 1996, he became a mayor and then party chief of Beijing. Jia was later included in the Politburo in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tainted by scandal, China's Jia faces test |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-party-jia-qinglin-idUSPEK27966820071015 |publisher=reuters.com}}</ref> He retired in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who's Who in China's Leadership |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/PP-e/48924.htm |website=www.china.org.cn}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Jia_Qinglin%7C22 Vitae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106202448/http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Jia_Qinglin%257C22 |date=2019-11-06 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jia, Qinglin}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chinese politicians]]