Profile: Li Keqiang: A man who puts people first (16)

（Xinhua）  09:46, December 24, 2012

During his meeting with then Russian President-elect and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Li proposed a mutually beneficial solution emphasizing upstream and downstream integration, which injected new momentum into China-Russia oil and gas cooperation.

All these activities offer a glimpse into his foresight and capability in coping with foreign affairs.

Li Keqiang reads English works in his spare time and monitors the latest economic and technical developments around the world.

A few years ago, he instructed think tanks of the State Council to study the concepts of the "middle-income trap" and "inclusive growth" as proposed by the World Bank and the Asia Development Bank.

"The Third Industrial Revolution" authored by Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, also caught Li's attention. He has asked the National Development and Reform Commission and the Development Research Center of the State Council to pay close attention to this research and made his latest instruction early November this year.