Cheng Hong (; born 21 November 1957) is a Chinese literary scholar and translator. She is a professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business and the widow of the former Chinese premier

Li Keqiang Li Keqiang ( zh, s=李克强, p=Lǐ Kèqiáng; 3 July 1955 – 27 October 2023) was a Chinese economist and politician who served as the seventh premier of China from 2013 to 2023. He was also the second-ranked member of the Politburo Standing ...

Biography

Cheng was born in

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, in 1957. She secondary studied at Zhengzhou No.7 Middle School. During the

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, she became a sent-down youth in Guangkuo Tiandi Township,

Jia County, Henan Jia County or Jiaxian () is a county under the administration of Pingdingshan City, in south-central Henan Province, China. Jia county is famous for ''heluo'' noodles, the Three-Su Temple and Linfeng village. Three-Su Temple is the place where t ...

. After the resumption of college entrance examination in 1977, she was accepted to the PLA College of Foreign Languages (now

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). After graduation, she engaged in advanced studies at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...

, where she met her future husband

. In 1991, Cheng translated the BBC book about the popular British TV series, ''Yes Minister''. In 1995, Cheng was a visiting scholar in the United States at

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. 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, including ''The Singing Wilderness'' by Sigurd Olson, and '' The Outermost House'' by Henry Beston.

Personal life

Cheng was married to

until his death in 2023; he served as

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of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023. They had one daughter who studied in the United States and has since returned to China.

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