• File photo taken in May 1982 shows Wang Qishan accompanies leaders from the Rural Policy Research Office of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to investigate in Putian, southeast China's Fujian Province in order to prepare for the draft of the first central policy document in 1983 (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken in March 1999 shows Wang Qishan speaks within the delegation of south China's Guangdong Province while attending the 2nd Session of the 9th National People's Congress (NPC) (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken on October 31, 2010 shows Wang Qishan delivers a speech at the closing ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo in east China's Shanghai Municipality (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken on April 15, 2011 shows Wang Qishan (L front) inspects the 109th China Import and Export Fair or the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken on January 7, 2003 shows Wang Qishan (L, front) visits local residents with financial difficulties in Lingshui County, south China's Hainan Province (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken on June 28, 2003 shows Wang Qishan (L front) spends the weekend with local residents in Beihai Park during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) prevention and control period in Beijing (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken on August 30, 2004 shows Wang Qishan (R, front) takes the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken on June 15, 2009 shows Wang Qishan inspects the Sand Lake Rural Bank in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken on May 10, 2011 shows Wang Qishan (C) attends a signing ceremony of the 3rd round China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (XINHUA)

  • File photo taken on May 19, 2012 shows Wang Qishan (C, front) attends the launching ceremony of 2012 National Tourism Day theme activity in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province (XINHUA)