Cai E'sheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Hubei province. He was born in 1951, and graduated from the Shanxi Institute of Finance and Economics in 1982. He held various posts in the supervisory departments of the People's Bank of China from 1982 to 1994, including the interest rate and deposit administration department, the financial institution reform department, the general planning department and the human resources department. He became the vice-chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission in 2005.