Liu Qi

Liu Qi is a heavyweight of a very different sort. Rising from Wujin to become Party Secretary of Beijing and a member of the Politburo, he operated at the very top of Chinese governance. What grips me most is his role as president of the Beijing 2008 Olympics Organizing Committee, steering one of the largest global spectacles ever staged, an undertaking whose logistical weight is almost dizzying to imagine. His Gold Olympic Order feels well earned. Born in 1942, he carried the full historical heft of modern China through decades of upheaval, the kind of consequential life that rarely seeks the spotlight.

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Name (English)

Liu Qi

Name (Japanese)

劉淇

Reading

りゅう・き

Born

November 3, 1942 (age 83)

Origin

Wujin District, People's Republic of China

Occupation

politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Gold Olympic Order

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu%20Qi%20(politician%2C%20born%201942)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E6%B7%87
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q699246

Tags

• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.