Right-hand man: Xi (right) shaking hands with Wang after Wang was elected vice-president during a plenary session of China
BEIJING: Wang Qishan is known as China’s “Mr Fix-It”, a trustworthy official deployed to tackle the thorniest of crises – from crumbling banks to deadly illness to high-level corruption. Those who’ve met him describe him as bold and probing, a problem-solver who enjoys philosophical debates and has a wicked sense of humour.
As China’s vice-president, the 69-year-old Wang is expected to be a key element in furthering President Xi Jinping’s agenda of shoring up Communist Party rule while ending corruption and poverty.
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