Wen Jiabao is the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. He serves as a member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee. Since taking office in 2003, Wen, ranked third in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China hierarchy, has been a key part of the fourth generation of leadership in the Communist Party of China. Wen, having been dubbed "the people's premier" , has a commoner image with the public that separates him from the rest of China's power elite, and his modesty and more approachable personality are held to contrast with the enigmatic and serious Hu Jintao.