Born in 1948

January 2003 Chairman, Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China

December 2002 Governor, People's Bank of China (PBC)

February 2000 Chairman, China Securities Regulatory Commission

February 1998 President, China Construction Bank

October 1996-February 1998 Deputy Governor of PBC and Administrator of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange

October 1995 Administrator, State Administration of Foreign Exchange

September 1991-September 1995 Vice President, Bank of China

December 1986-December 1989 Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economics Cooperation

November 1986-September 1991 Member of the State Economic System Restructuring Committee

1985 Received Ph.D from Tsinghua University

1975 Graduated from Beijing Chemical Engineering Institute