Xiang Huaicheng (; born February 1939) is a Chinese economist and former

minister of finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

of China.

Biography

Xiang Huangcheng was born in Wujiang County,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

in February 1939. He joined

Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

in 1983. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Shandong University in 1960, and is a senior economist. 1986.6–1992.5, deputy minister of finance, member of the party's committee. 1992.5–1994.7, deputy minister of finance, vice secretary of the party's committee. 1994.7–1995.1, deputy director of State Administration of Taxation, vice secretary of the party's committee. 1995.1–1998.3, deputy director of State Administration of Taxation, secretary of the party's committee. 1998.3–2003.3,

. 2003.5–2008.1, director-general of the national social security funds. He was a member of 15th and 16th Central Committee of Communist Party of China. He is currently the Chairman of

China Development Institute China Development Institute (CDI) is a China-based think tank headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong. It was founded in 1989 to support the Chinese economic reform. CDI is also tasked with expanding international academic exchang ...

in Shenzhen.

References

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