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New governor for China's central bank.

 

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Zhu Hexin, one of China’s top com­mer­cial bankers, is under con­sid­er­a­tion to take over as the gov­ernor of the cent­ral bank, as Beijing pre­pares to over­haul the lead­er­ship of its lead­ing fin­an­cial insti­tu­tions next month.

If his nom­in­a­tion is con­firmed, Zhu, the chair of the state-owned con­glom­er­ate Citic Group, would suc­ceed Yi Gang as gov­ernor of the People’s Bank of China, two people famil­iar with the pro­cess said.

It also fol­lows a Com­mun­ist party con­fer­ence in Octo­ber, in which Xi was able to appoint loy­al­ists to the Polit­buro stand­ing com­mit­tee, the party’s most senior decision-mak­ing body.

Apart from a pan­demic blip in 2020, when gross domestic product expan­ded just 2.2 per cent, China’s growth rate last year of 3 per cent was the slow­est since 1976.

Among other appoint­ments expec­ted to be announced at next month’s legis­lat­ive meet­ing, Wu Qing, the Shang­hai vice-mayor who super­vises the fin­an­cial and busi­ness affairs of China’s fin­an­cial hub, is the lead­ing can­did­ate to head the coun­try’s secur­it­ies watch­dog, the China Secur­it­ies Reg­u­lat­ory Com­mis­sion.

Yi Hui­man, CSRC chair, is among the favour­ites to take over at the China Bank­ing and Insur­ance Reg­u­lat­ory Com­mis­sion, the bank­ing reg­u­lator, accord­ing to a per­son famil­iar with the pro­cess.

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  1. Simon24 February 2023 at 11:13

    Why are they changing leadership? Is the old governor not performing well? Is he retiring? Is it because of their slow growth rate?

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    1. Tom24 February 2023 at 13:59

      It's probably mostly because of their very slow growth rate the past few years. But that is mainly because of China for their zero-Covid madness. It didn't work (and we all knew it wouldn't) and it ruined their economy for the short term.

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