Jiang Jianqing (; born 1 February 1953) is the former Chairman of the

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC; ) is a Chinese multinational bank. Founded as a limited company on 1 January 1984, ICBC is a state-owned commercial bank. With capital provided by the Ministry of Finance of China, the ...

(ICBC), the world's largest bank by assets and 2nd market value; he held the position from 2005 to 2016.

Biography

Jiang worked pila in the fields of

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Province and the coal mines in

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Province for labor education during the

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. In 1986, he joined ICBC as a teller in Shanghai. Jiang graduated from

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE; ), founded in 1917, is a finance- and economics-oriented research university located in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. The university is under the direct administration of the ...

in 1984, and later obtained his master's and doctor's degrees from

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋� ...

. In 1993, Jiang was appointed as the vice president of ICBC Shanghai Branch. Jiang became president of the

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in 1995 and served as the president of ICBC Shanghai Branch from 1997. In July 1999, Jiang was promoted to the vice president and vice Party chief of ICBC. From February 2000 to October 2005, Jiang served as the president and CPC Party chief of ICBC. In 2005, when ICBC restructured for public listing, Jiang became the Chairman of Board of Directors, also the CPC Party chief. His research interests include theoretical and practical bank innovation, and corporation theory of both industrial and financial capital. He is the author of numerous articles including "Technical Revolution in American Banking Industry"; ... and an article on ICBC's legacy to develop into China's leading bank He was an alternate member of the 16 CPC Central Committee and is currently an alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. In both 2011 and 2012 he was included in the 50 Most Influential ranking of

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Magazine. In December 2012 he was awarded the Most Influential Leader of Listed Company at the China Listed Company Overseas Forum & China Securities "Golden Bauhinia Awards". In April 2013, he was awarded the Business Leader of the Year at

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. Jiang earned a salary of $326,000 in 2013, and reportedly took a pay cut for 2014 due to general public discontent over high executive compensation. Jiang is an alternate member of the

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. He is also an adviser to the

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(CF40).

References

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