Li Yunze
Chinese politician
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Li Yunze (Chinese: 李云泽; born September 1970) is a Chinese state banker and politician. He served as a vice governor of Sichuan from 2018 to 2023, and the director of the National Administration of Financial Regulation from 2023 to 2026.
(Guo Shuqing as Chairman of CBIRC)
Li Yunze | |||||||
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李云泽 | |||||||
Li Yunze in 2023 | |||||||
| Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration | |||||||
| In office 19 May 2023 – 29 April 2026 | |||||||
| Premier | Li Qiang | ||||||
| Preceded by | Office established (Guo Shuqing as Chairman of CBIRC) | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Ding Xiangqun | ||||||
| Executive Vice Governor of Sichuan | |||||||
| In office May 2022 – 25 May 2023 | |||||||
| Governor | Huang Qiang | ||||||
| Preceded by | Luo Wen | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Dong Weimin | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | September 1970 (age 55–56) | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Tianjin University Peking University Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李云泽 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李雲澤 | ||||||
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Biography
Li was born in Yantai, Shandong, in September 1970.[1] In 1989, he entered Tianjin University, where he majored in infrastructure management and Marxism.[1] He also received his MBA from Peking University in 2010 and a Ph.D. in economics from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in August 2016.[1]
After attending university in 1993, Li was assigned to the Tianjin Heping Branch of the People's Construction Bank of China (now China Construction Bank).[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 2001. He was named an assistant governor of the Tianjin Branch in September 2003.[1] He moved up the ranks to become vice governor in June 2005 — and governor in March 2015 — of the Chongqing Branch of China Construction Bank.[1] In June 2017, he was moved to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and was appointed as a vice governor of the bank.[1]
He was appointed vice governor of Sichuan in September 2018. In May 2021, he was admitted to the Standing Committee of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[1][2] In May 2022, he was appointed executive vice governor of Sichuan.
He was a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an is an alternate of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3][4]
On 10 May 2023, Li was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of the National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR), China's new top financial regulator.[5] On 19 May, he was appointed as its director.[6] He is the first ministerial-level leader born in the 1970s.[7][8]
On 29 April 2026, Li was demoted for alleged "serious violations of discipline", and will be given a mid-level position at the financial regulator reportedly.[9] On 26 June 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress removed Li as a delegate to the 14th National People's Congress.[10]