Chen Siqing (; born 2 April 1960) is a Chinese banker who is the current chairman of the board of the

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC; zh, 中国工商银行) is a Chinese partially state-owned multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, China. It is the largest of the " big four" banks ...

, in office since April 2019. He previously served as chairman the board of the

Bank of China The Bank of China (BOC; ; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Banco da China'') is a state-owned Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, China. It is one of ...

and before that, president of the Bank of China. He is an alternate of the

19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 19th National Congress in 2017, and sat until the next National Congress was convened in 2022. It formally succeeded the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Commun ...

and a representative of the

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics Nineteen is the eighth prime number. Number theory 19 forms a twin prime with 17, a cousin prime with 23, and a sexy prime with 13 ...

Biography

Chen was born in

Xiangyin County Xiangyin County () is a Counties of China, county in Hunan, Hunan Province, China, under the administration of Yueyang, Yueyang City. Located on the southeastern shores of Dongting Lake, Lake Dongting, the Xiang River runs south to north through t ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

, on 2 April 1960. In 1982, he entered Hubei College of Finance and Economics (now

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law The Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL; ; ) is a public university located in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, and Hubei Provincial Pe ...

), majoring in the Infrastructure Finance and Credit Department. He also earned his M.B.A. from

Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its ...

in 1999. Beginning in 1990, he served in several posts in the

, including assistant president and vice president of

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

Branch, general manager of the Risk Management Department, and president of

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

Branch. He became vice president of the bank in June 2008. In February 2014, the bank has appointed him as its president, succeeding Li Lihui who has reached retirement age. On 31 July 2017, he was promoted to become chairman the board of the bank. In April 2019, he was named chairman of the board of the

, replacing Yi Huiman, who will become chairman of

China Securities Regulatory Commission The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is a government agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is the main regulator of the securities industry in China. History Indicative of the role of the C ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Siqing 1960 births Living people People from Xiangyin County Zhongnan University of Economics and Law alumni Murdoch University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan Alternates of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party