Cheng Hong (Chinese: 程虹; pinyin: Chéng Hóng; born 21 November 1957) is a Chinese professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business and the wife of the incumbent Chinese premier Li Keqiang.

Cheng Hong
Cheng Hong in 2019
Native name	程虹
Born	(1957-11-21) 21 November 1957 (age 64) Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Occupation	Translator, professor
Language	Chinese, English
Alma mater	PLA Information Engineering University
Period	1995–present
Subject	American natural literature
Notable works	Return to the Wilderness
Spouse	Li Keqiang ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	1

Biography

Cheng was born in Zhengzhou, Henan, in 1957. She secondary studied at Zhengzhou No.7 Middle School. During the Cultural Revolution, she became a sent-down youth in Guangkuo Tiandi Township, Jia County, Henan. After the resumption of college entrance examination in 1977, she was accepted to the PLA College of Foreign Languages (now PLA Information Engineering University). After graduation, she engaged in advanced studies at Tsinghua University, where she met her future husband Li Keqiang.

In 1995, Cheng was a visiting scholar in the United States at Brown University, Rhode Island.[1][2] Cheng taught at Beijing Institute of Economics (Capital University of Economics and Business).

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,[3] including The Singing Wilderness, and The Outermost House.[4]

In 1991 Cheng translated the BBC book about the popular British TV series, Yes Minister.[5]

Personal life

Cheng's husband is Li Keqiang, current Premier of the People's Republic of China. They have one daughter who studied in the United States[6] and has since returned to China.

See also

• Peng Liyuan

References

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