Liu Yongqing (born 3 October 1940), is the wife of Hu Jintao, the former

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and President of the People’s Republic of China. Traditionally, Liu Yongqing’s role would be primarily domestic, but Liu often accompanied her husband on his official trips to foreign countries and made personal appearances at charities and cultural institutions all over the world.

Biography

Laura Bush and Liu Yongqing (April 20, 2006)

Liu Yongqing was born in 1940 in Chongqing and attended Bashu High School. She met her husband at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...

in Beijing. Later she worked for Beijing's city planning committee. As with her husband, Liu's life and background are not widely known among foreign observers. She received virtually no public attention before Hu Jintao's

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. Hu himself has preferred to stay out of the public eye and 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

. Haifeng is a businessman. Haiqing was married in 2003, at the age of 33, to Mao Daolin.

References

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