Li Yunze (Chinese: 李云泽; born September 1970) is a Chinese state banker and politician currently serving as the Director of the National Administration of Financial Regulation. He served as a vice governor of Sichuan from 2018 to 2023.
Biography
Li was born in Yantai, Shandong, in September 1970.[1] In 1989, he entered Tianjin University, where he majored in infrastructure management and Marxism.[1] He also received his MBA from Peking University in 2010 and a Ph.D. in economics from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in August 2016.[1]
After attending university in 1993, Li was assigned to the Tianjin Heping Branch of the People's Construction Bank of China (now China Construction Bank).[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 2001. He was named an assistant governor of the Tianjin Branch in September 2003.[1] He moved up the ranks to become vice governor in June 2005 — and governor in March 2015 — of the Chongqing Branch of China Construction Bank.[1] In June 2017, he was moved to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and was appointed as a vice governor of the bank.[1]
He was appointed vice governor of Sichuan in September 2018. In May 2021, he was admitted to the Standing Committee of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[1][2] In May 2022, he was appointed executive vice governor of Sichuan.
He was a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an is an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3][4]
On 10 May 2023, Li was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of the National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR), China's new top financial regulator.[5] On 19 May, he was appointed as its director.[6] He is the first ministerial-level leader born in the 1970s.[7][8]
References
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- ^ Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (3 June 2022). 四川省委常委、副省长李云泽已任省政府党组副书记. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Fu Zhongming (符仲明) (25 September 2022). 中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会代表名单. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Xu Kun (徐锟) (22 October 2022). 中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单（171名）. Chinadaily (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Li Yunze Appointed Party Secretary of National Administration of Financial Regulation". China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. 2023-05-10.
- ^ "China's State Council appoints, removes officials". Xinhua News Agency. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Bloomberg News (2023-05-10). "China Names Li Top Financial Regulator in Surprise Move". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ "国务院任免国家工作人员（2023年5月19日）". 新华社.