Qian Wenhui (; born January 1962) is a Chinese banker and politician, currently serving as chairman of the Agricultural Development Bank of China. He is a member of the 14th National Committee of the

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and a representative of the

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Early life and education

Qian was born in Yin County (now Yinzhou District of

Ningbo Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the Eas ...

Zhejiang ) , translit_lang1_type2 = , translit_lang1_info2 = ( Hangzhounese) ( Ningbonese) (Wenzhounese) , image_skyline = 玉甑峰全貌 - panoramio.jpg , image_caption = View of the Yandang Mountains , image_map = Zhejiang i ...

, in January 1962, and graduated from

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) is a public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, finance and economics university located in Shanghai, China. The university is affiliated with the ...

Career

Qian entered the workforce in July 1985, and joined the

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(CCP) in April 1989. He joined the Shanghai Branch of the People's Construction Bank of China in July 1985 and over a period of 14 years worked his way up to the position of its vice governor in November 1999. Qian was appointed vice governor of the

Bank of Communications Bank of Communications (BOCOM or BankComm) is a Chinese multinational banking and financial services corporation. It was originally established in 1908 and was one of a handful of domestic Chinese banks that issued banknotes in modern history. ...

in October 2004, concurrently serving as governor of its Shanghai Branch between July 2005 and November 2006. In February 2015, Qiang was made

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and chief supervisor of the

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, but having held the position for only two more years. In December 2017, Qian became deputy party secretary, vice chairman and governor of the Agricultural Development Bank of China, rising to

party secretary In politics, a party secretary is a senior official within a political party with responsibility for the organizational and daily political work. In most parties, the party secretary is second in rank to the party leader (or party chairman). In s ...

in October 2020. In December 2020, he was chosen as chairman of the bank, replacing .

References

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