Tian Huiyu (; born December 1965) is a former Chinese economist and banker who served as president of

China Merchants Bank China Merchants Bank (CMB) () is a Chinese bank headquartered in Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Founded in 1987, it is the first share-holding commercial bank wholly owned by corporate legal entities in China. CMB has over five hund ...

between 2013 and 2022. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in April 2022. Tian once served as a secretary for

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from 1994 to 1997, while Wang was president of

China Construction Bank China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) is one of the " big four" banks in China. In 2015, CCB was the 2nd largest bank in the world by market capitalization and 6th largest company in the world. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic bra ...

Biography

Tian was born in

Jinzhai County Jinzhai County (), previously Lihuang County (, named after Wei Lihuang), is a county in the west of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Henan to the northwest and Hubei to the southwest. It is under the jurisdi ...

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

, in December 1965. After graduating 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 1987, he was assigned to

, where he was promoted to president of its Shenzhen Branch in September 2007 and president of its Beijing Branch in March 2011. He also worked at

China Cinda Asset Management China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. known as China Cinda or just Cinda is a Chinese merchant bank and asset management company. The corporation was founded as a state-owned enterprise and a bad bank for China Construction Bank in 1999. The ban ...

. He received a master's degree in public administration from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

School of International and Public Affairs The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. It ...

in October 2002. He became party secretary and president of

on 8 May 2013, and served until 18 April 2022. Tian was also the chairman of

Wing Lung Bank CMB Wing Lung Bank () (former stock no: ) is a bank based in Hong Kong. As of December 2018, the Bank has 35 branches in Hong Kong, 4 branches in Mainland China, 1 branch in Macau and 2 overseas branches, located respectively in Los Angeles and Sa ...

in Hong Kong. Under Tian's leadership, China Merchants Bank increased its consumer lending activities and sales of wealth-management products, and its assets more than doubled to the equivalent of $1.46 trillion. Tian has served on the China Business Initiative Advisory Board of

Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and is one ...

Downfall

On 22 April 2022, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest internal control institution of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), tasked with enforcing internal rules and regulations and combating corruption and malfeasance in the par ...

(CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the

National Supervisory Commission National Supervisory Commission of the People's Republic of China is the highest anti-corruption agency of the People's Republic of China, at the same administrative ranking as Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate. Its opera ...

, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. On October 7, he was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from public office.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tian, Huiyu 1965 births Living people People from Jinzhai County Shanghai University of Finance and Economics alumni School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni Chinese economists Chinese bankers Expelled members of the Chinese Communist Party