Xiong Enlai

Xiong Enlai, born the 8 February 1970 at Chenghua, is a Qingchenese politician. He is the President of Chenghua since the 8 April 2003.

During his studies at the Qingchenese National Administration School, he joigned the Union for Qingcheng Republic and succeed to being popular in it very fast. Thanks to that, he was able to present himself for the federal elections as a candidate for the state of Chenghua in the name of the UQR. He won the elections in 1993.

Close to the president Liu Yongzheng, he helped him to put reforms over the territories and enact economical laws. While at the same time, he succeed to increase the importance of Chenghua. Liu Yongzheng being a federalist, Xiong Enlai conviced him to increase the government subventions for the states, which would make him popular among the other federal leaders. He also took part at the creation of infrastructure between Chenghua and other cities around.

In 2003, the president Liu Yongzheng announced that he will leave his post. Xiong Enlai took the opportunity to immediately show himself as a candidate, by showing what he did with the state of Chenghua. He succeeds to get 4 of the 7 votes from the federal leaders and became the 4th tutor of the nation of Qingcheng.

During his mandate, Xiong Enlai started reforms in order to partially decriminalize communism, modernised the army by asking the creation of a Qingchenese assault rifle, reform the military conscription, with also a reform of the working rules.

Youth
Xiong Enlai is the unique son of Xiong Xiaosheng, an engineer and director of the enginering university of Chenghua, and of Yao Meilin, a doctor in Chenghua. Their familly live in Chenghua since a long time and have many military ancestor, as his grandfather was an officer in the Qingchenese national army.

He begin his studies in a private school in Chenghua and succeeds very well the national exams. At 18 years old, he decide to do a political career and join the Qingcheng Nation Administration Schhol.

Private Life
During his mandate as the federal leader of Chenghua, he met Xue Liqiu in 1993, who works in his government. They begin their relationship the same year as they met, declaring that they "started to express love to each other very fast". In 1997, they marry each others.

In 2001, he got his first son, Xiong Zihao, who is today in the national military school.

Xiong Enlai believe in the daoism faith, as he was seen many times going to the temple, and holding event there.

Political Party Membership
Xiong Enlai joigned the UQP party in 1990 as he was still a student. He showed himself has someone very charismatic and skilled in politics, as he succeed to become famous among the party 2 years after. Many other students who joigned the party after him declared that he one someone with a huge leadership.

At the end of his studies, Xiong Enlai succeed to convince the party to propose him as the main candidate for the federal elections of Qingcheng.

Federal elections in Chenghua
During his studies and even after. Xiong Enlai was very concerned for the people, as he took party in many protest in favor of the increasing of the retirement pensions. Some of his public actions were sometimes criticized by his own political party, as they were in opposition of the party ideas, but thanks to those actions, he succeed to get the popular opinion of Chenghua in his favor.

By getting a strong support of the population, and announcing being a candidate for the election to the people first, make the party forced to accept him as their candidate, as they were afraid of him leaving their party, and by so loosing their popular support.

On 18 January 1993, he won the elections for Chenghua with 64% of the voices in his favor, making him one of the youngest federal leaders of the country.

At the head of Chenghua
Xiong Enlai started his mandate by having as main priority to increase the importance of Chenghua for the other states, thus was done by improving the ground infrastructure, but also by improving the trade infrastructure such as dockyards and commercial airports. By making Chenghua as a center of trade, the country became dependent of the city for the international trade. All the funds were received by the central government that he succeed to convinced to give more subventions to the states of Qingcheng.

The federal army of Chenghua was decreased, in order to prioritize more funds for the police forces and the subventions to the industry he wished to improve.



All those economics reform show good results as in 2000, the income from industry and economic sectors of Chenghua had improved of 2.6%. Those funds were then used in the creation of new subventions for the hospitals.

During his lead of Chenghua, Xiong Enlai showed his capacity of act against the president, but also to show good results while staying popular among the people. He showed his desire of decriminalize socialism in 2001, as he explained during a speech that freedom of expressions was something of huge importance in Qingcheng.

The 28 April 2002, he took part of a protest at Chenghua, in favor of the creation of a retired pension from the central government, which he promised to give if he was president.

On 15 November 2002, he was accused by a newspaper from Chenghua of corruption, and of using public funds in order to pay the fee of his mariage. The affair was taken by judges president of the country, but no proof were found, and the affair was closed soon after.

When at the 1 January 2003, the president Liu Yongzheng publicly announced that he would leave the presidency, Xiong Enlai announced the next day that he would be officialy a candidate for the elections. This was said before the UQP gave his agreement for him, but accepted.

Xiong Enlai made a speech on 18 January 2003, which was more a speech of his application for the president than one for the end of his term as a federal leader.

Elected at the head of Qingcheng
Xiong Enlai got elected by the majority of the governors, with 5 of the 7 voices. A list of priorities were set for his mandate at the head of the government with the following slogan : "Liberty and prosperity". The list started with as his main goal, the increase of freedom speech, which was welcome by most of the population. But also, the increase of rubber export and production, with also the modernisation of the inner infrastructure.

Decriminalization of communist ideas
Since the civil war, Zhou Jianhong had instaured a witch hunt of communism. This was continued throught the time, in a less serious way, but people were still sent to prison for saying "communist propaganda" in public places. Xiong Enlai explained in many interview and speeches, that left wing ideas should not be illegal in Qingcheng. And so, he succeed to pass many laws at the parliament which allowed more freedom of speech about left wing politcal ideas. But he never succeed to rally the parliament and the judges to allow communist party, as it was considered "against the constitution of 1914". Xiong Enlai respond by allowing the creation of a "center-left" political party, if they pledge allegance to Qingcheng, and also to not take part of any left wing organisation around the world.

Reduction of the conscription
While war being something harder to imagine for Qingcheng, and because Xiong Enlai wanted to professionalise the Qingchenese army, the conscription time was reduced, as he saw it as a useless spending of money. This reform, with the decriminalization of communism make Xiong Enlai very popular among young people in the country.