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Guo Shuqing

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Guo Shuqing
郭树清
Kuo Shu-ching
Guo Shuqing at 2008 World Economic Forum on Latin America
Chairman of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission
In office
21 March 2018 – 18 May 2023
PremierLi Keqiang
Li Qiang
Preceded byOffice established
(Himself as Chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission;
Xiang Junbo as Chairman of China Insurance Regulatory Commission)
Succeeded byOffice abolished
(Li Yunze as Director of National Administration of Financial Regulation)
Chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission
In office
24 February 2017 – 17 March 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byShang Fulin
Succeeded byOffice abolished
(Himself as Chairman of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission)
Governor of Shandong
In office
March 2013 – February 2017
Party SecretaryJiang Yikang
Preceded byJiang Daming
Succeeded byGong Zheng
Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission
In office
29 October 2011 – 17 March 2013
PremierWen Jiabao
Preceded byShang Fulin
Succeeded byXiao Gang
Personal details
Born (1956-07-23) 23 July 1956 (age 68)
Chahar Right Back Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materNankai University
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuō Shùqīng
Wade–GilesKuo Shu-ching

Guo Shuqing (Chinese: 郭树清; born 23 July 1956), also spelled as Kuo Shu-ching is a Chinese politician, banker, and financial regulator. He is currently serving as the chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.

Guo spent most of his career in the finance industry. He formerly served as the Governor and Deputy Party Secretary of Shandong province, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), chairman of China Construction Bank, chairman of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, vice-governor of the People's Bank of China and vice-governor of Guizhou Province as well as the director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

Early life and education

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Guo Shuqing was born in August 1956 in Chahar Right Back Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, near the city of Ulanqab. He is of Han Chinese background. In August 1974, he joined a farming commune in Siziwang Banner, near the regional capital Hohhot, as a laborer during the Down to the Countryside Movement. In 1978, he became part of the first batch of students to return to school after the Cultural Revolution, a period which effectively suspended higher education in China.[citation needed]

He graduated from Nankai University, one of the country's top universities, in 1982 and then pursued a master's degree at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.[1]

After graduating he continued to take part in academic research while completing a doctorate in law. During his studies he also worked briefly as a researcher at the State Council office in charge of economic reform; he also took a year-long study abroad trip to St Antony's College at Oxford University.[1]

Career

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Beginning in 1988, Guo became a full-time researcher at the State Council, working in various capacities for institutions related to economic restructuring. In March 1996 he became Secretary-General of the state commission in charge of macroeconomic management. In 1998, he was transferred to Guizhou province as Vice Governor.[citation needed]

In 2001, he became director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in addition to Vice Governor of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank. In 2003 he became chief executive of Central Huijin Investment Ltd., a full state-owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation. In 2005 he became chairman of the board of the China Construction Bank, one of China's largest banks by revenue. He served in that role for over six years. In 2011, he took on the job of chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), China's securities regulator.[citation needed]

In March 2013, Guo was tasked with his second regional stint, this time taking on the office of Governor of Shandong province. In 2017, Guo was named chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission.[2] In March 2018, he was appointed chairman of the newly established China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.[citation needed]

Guo was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is a full member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "郭树清简历". Sohu News.
  2. ^ Bradsher, Keith (24 February 2017). "China Names Guo Shuqing, a Rapid-Fire Regulator, to Oversee Troubled Banks". The New York Times.
  3. ^ http://www.chinavitae.org/biography/Guo_Shuqing/bio
Government offices
Preceded by
Wu Xiaoling
Minister of State Administration of Foreign Exchange
2001–2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission
2011–2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Shandong
2013–2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Shang Fulin
Chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission
2017–2018
Succeeded by
Office abolished
New title Chairman of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission
2018–2023
Succeeded by
Business positions
New title Chairman of Central Huijin Investment
2003–2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Zhang Enzhao
Chairman of China Construction Bank
2005–2011
Succeeded by