Hu Xiaolian | |
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Born | May 1958 (age 65) |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Hu Xiaolian (Chinese: 胡晓炼; born May 1958) is a Chinese economist and former Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China and director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in China. In 2007, she was ranked 23rd on The Wall Street Journal's "The 50 Women to Watch 2007" list.[1] In 2008, she was ranked fourth on The Wall Street Journal's "The 50 Women to Watch 2008" list and was referred to as "one of the most powerful people in the world".[2]
Hu was elected an alternate member of the CCP Central Committee at the November 2012 18th National Party Congress.[3]
Born in Hubei in 1958, Hu graduated from the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China with an MA in economics in 1984.[4] Hu served as Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange from 2007–2009. In 2009, she was appointed Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China.[5]
She is also an adviser to the China Finance 40 Forum (CF40).[6]
In February 2015, Hu was elected as the Chairwoman and Party Secretary of the Exim Bank of China.[7]