Ou Xinqian, female, Han nationality, is a native of Guiyang, Guizhou province. She was born in 1949, joined the CPC, and graduated from Beijing University. Ou began her career at the State Economic Commission and the State Planning Commission. She transferred to the State Council and later to the State Economic and Trade Commission, where she directed the Department of Economic Policy Coordination and the Department of Industry Policy.
In 2008, she became vice-minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which was formerly know as the Ministry of Information Industry.