Hu Jintao Wife: Who is Liu Yongqing?

Liu Yongqing is the wife of Hu Jintao, the former Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and President of the People’s Republic of China.

Liu Yongqing’s role was traditionally primarily domestic, but she frequently accompanied her husband on official trips to foreign countries and made personal appearances at charities and cultural institutions around the world.

Liu Yongqing was born in Chongqing in 1940 and attended Bashu High School. She met her husband at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.

Liu Yongqing worked for the Beijing City Planning Committee. Liu’s life and background, like her husband’s, are not widely known among foreign observers.

Before Hu Jintao’s leadership, she received almost no public attention. Hu has preferred to remain out of the spotlight himself.

Hu Jintao and Liu Yongqing have two grown children. A son named Hu Haifeng and a daughter named Hu Haiqing.