Hu Xiaolian (; born May 1958) is a Chinese economist and the Deputy Governor of the

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since July 2009 and the former director of the

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in China. She was ranked 23rd on ''

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''s "The 50 Women to Watch 2007" list. 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". Hu was elected an alternate member of the CCP Central Committee at the November 2012 18th National Party Congress.

Biography

Born in

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in 1958, Hu graduated from the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China with an MA in economics in 1984. Hu served as Director of the

from 2007–2009. In 2009, she was appointed Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China. She is also an adviser to the

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(CF40). In February 2015, Hu was elected as the

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and Party Secretary of the

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