Who Is Xi Jinping's Wife, Peng Liyuan:
During the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with China's President Xi Jinping. When PM Modi arrived at the summit, he was greeted by Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan. Let's delve into who the Chinese President's wife is and what she does.
Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, are not always seen together at events due to their separate careers. In a past interview, Xi Jinping mentioned, 'Both my wife and I are committed to our careers, but we work together for our family.'
Peng Liyuan: The Singing Icon
Even before her husband came into power, Peng Liyuan was renowned as one of China's star singers. For decades, she graced China's state television programs, charming audiences with her melodious folk songs. In 2004, while serving as the Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi told Yan'an Television that he called Peng every day because they often couldn't be together.
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Xi Jinping’s Reaction that Went Viral
During a 2013 visit to a farmer's house in Costa Rica, Xi broke a piece of pastry and gently handed it to his wife. This gesture became widely viral at the time. Peng Liyuan was born in 1962 in Shandong Province, China. Her father was a schoolmaster, and her mother was an opera singer. During the Cultural Revolution in China (at the end of the 1960s under Mao Zedong's era), her family faced significant hardships.
Education Background of the First Lady
Peng's singing talent became a beacon of hope for her family. She enrolled at Shandong University of Arts and later studied at Beijing Conservatory of Music. Peng met Xi Jinping in 1986, when he was a mid-level officer in the Communist Party.
In a 2011 interview, Peng revealed that she was impressed with Xi Jinping at their first meeting. They married in 1987 and have a daughter, Xi Mingze, who, according to media reports, studies at Harvard University. Peng is also a World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador, actively working for Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS patients.
