Li is expected to become Chinese premier next March . `` He was already a student leader at that time . '' In a Hong Kong speech last year , he delivered most of it in Chinese . Whether he will break away from old ways is not clear , FlorCruz writes . Li hails from the same province -- Anhui -- as his mentor , Chinese Premier Hu .
Li is expected to become Chinese premier next March . In a Hong Kong speech last year , he delivered most of it in Chinese . Whether he will break away from old ways is not clear , FlorCruz writes . Li hails from the same province -- Anhui -- as his mentor , Chinese Premier Hu .