两会快讯：李克强当选国务院总理

BEIJING, March 15 -- Li Keqiang was endorsed as Chinese premier Friday morning at the ongoing session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature.

北京，3月15日（星期五上午）——在国家最高立法机关、十二届全国人大会议上，决定李克强为中华人民共和国国务院总理。

Nearly 3,000 NPC deputies voted to approve the nomination of Li, by newly-elected President Xi Jinping, as the candidate for premier at the ongoing parliament session.

在大会上，根据新任国家主席习近平提名，近3000名人大代表投票表决，决定候选人李克强为中华人民共和国国务院总理。

He has been the seventh premier since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, replacing Wen Jiabao who had headed the State Council since 2003.

他成为了中华人民共和国1949成立以来第七任总理，取代了自2003年以来的国务院总理温家宝。

Li, born in 1955 in Anhui Province, joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1976 and graduated from Peking University with law and economics degrees.

李克强，1955年在安徽省出生，1976年加入中国共产党，毕业于北京大学，取得了法律学和经济学双学位。

After working as provincial leaders in Henan and Liaoning provinces, he was elected to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in 2007 and appointed vice premier in 2008.

参加工作后，他曾担任河南省和辽宁省的省级领导，在2007年被选为中央政治局常委，并于2008年任命为副总理。

Li was re-elected to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in November.

去年11月，李克强再次当选为中央政治局常委。