Xiang Huaicheng

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Xiang Huaicheng
项怀诚
Minister of Finance
In office
March 1998 – March 2003
PremierZhu Rongji
Preceded byLiu Zhongli
Succeeded byJin Renqing
Personal details
BornFebruary 1939 (age 85)
Wujiang County, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materShandong University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese怀
Traditional Chinese

Xiang Huaicheng (Chinese: 项怀诚; born February 1939) is a Chinese economist and former minister of finance of China.[1]

Biography[edit]

Xiang Huangcheng was born in Wujiang County, Jiangsu in February 1939. He joined Chinese Communist Party in 1983. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Shandong University in 1960, and is a senior economist.[citation needed]

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, minister of finance.

2003.5–2008.1, director-general of the national social security funds.

He was a member of 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[citation needed]

He is currently the Chairman of China Development Institute in Shenzhen.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "China Welfare Fund May Invest Overseas This Year". Bloomberg. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Leadership".
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance of the People's Republic of China
1998–2003
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Liu Zhongli
Chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund
2003–2008
Succeeded by