Liu Qi
AGE: 64
OCCUPATION: Member of Chinese Communist Party's Politburo
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Head of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic games. China regards a successful round of games crucial to its prestige.
CON: His job is of great significance to the Chinese. To the rest of the world, not so much.