Cheng Hong (; born 21 November 1957) is a Chinese professor at the

Capital University of Economics and Business Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB) () is a modern, multi-disciplinary financial and economic public university in Beijing, China. Founded in 1956 when the Ministry of Education founded the Beijing Economics Institute. In 1995 ...

and the wife of the incumbent

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Li Keqiang Li Keqiang (born 1 July 1955) is a Chinese politician who is the outgoing premier of China. An economist by profession, Li is head of China's executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China's Financial and Economic Affai ...

Biography

Cheng was born in

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

, in 1957. She secondary studied at Zhengzhou No.7 Middle School. During the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

, she became a sent-down youth in Guangkuo Tiandi Township,

Jia County, Henan Jia County or Jiaxian () is a county under the administration of Pingdingshan City, in south-central Henan Province, China. Jia county is famous for Heluo noodles, the Three-Su Temple and Linfeng village. Three-Su Temple is the place where the f ...

. After the resumption of college entrance examination in 1977, she was accepted to the PLA College of Foreign Languages (now

PLA Information Engineering University The People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University (IEU; ) is a Chinese military university in Zhengzhou, Henan, affiliated with the People's Liberation Army. It was established in 1999. Before that, it was ...

). After graduation, she engaged in advanced studies at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

, where she met her future husband

. In 1995, Cheng was a visiting scholar in the United States at Brown University, Rhode Island. Cheng taught at Beijing Institute of Economics (

). Considered one of the leading Chinese scholars of American nature writing, as of 2012 she had published two books on the subject and translated several books from English to Chinese, including ''The Singing Wilderness'', and ''The Outermost House''. In 1991 Cheng translated the BBC book about the popular British TV series, Yes Minister.

Personal life

Cheng's husband is

, current

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of the People's Republic of China. They have one daughter who studied in the United States and has since returned to China.

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Biography

Personal life

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