Governor of the People's Bank of China

The governor of the People's Bank of China is the head of the People's Bank of China and one of the country's key economic decisionmakers. Officially, the governor is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.

The governor post is not necessarily held concurrently with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of the PBC. The CCP committee secretary is the most powerful position in the bank and can hold more sway than the governor. The current PBC governor Pan Gongsheng holds both posts. The governor also chairs the PBC Monetary Policy Committee, an advisory body that typically includes the directors and deputy directors of other financial agencies, as well as a few influential academic economists.

The current governor is Pan Gongsheng, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee secretary of the PBC.

List of officeholders No.NameTook officeLeft officePremierParty Secretary1Nan HanchenOctober 1949October 1954Zhou EnlaiNan Hanchen2Cao JuruOctober 1954October 1964Cao Juru3Hu LijiaoOctober 19641966Hu LijiaoPosition abolished during Cultural Revolution4Chen Xiyu13 May 1973March 1978Zhou EnlaiHua Guofeng5Li Baohua5 March 19784 May 1982Li BaohuaZhao Ziyang6Lü Peijian4 May 198221 March 1985Lü Peijian7Chen Muhua21 March 198512 April 1988Chen Muhua8Li Guixian12 April 19882 July 1993Li PengLi Guixian9Zhu Rongji2 July 199330 June 1995Zhou Zhengqing10Dai Xianglong30 June 199528 December 2002Dai XianglongZhu Rongji11Zhou Xiaochuan28 December 200219 March 2018Zhou XiaochuanWen JiabaoLi Keqiang12Yi Gang19 March 201825 July 2023Guo ShuqingLi Qiang13Pan Gongsheng25 July 2023IncumbentPan Gongsheng

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