Wan Jianhua, male, Han nationality, was born in 1956. He graduated from the Economics School of Xiamen University in 1982 and earned a master's degree from the Graduate Department of People's Bank of China in 1985. Wan later graduated from the Business School of Australian National University in 1993 and then earned a doctorate from University of Southern California in 1997.
From 1985 to 1993, Wan served as the deputy director and director of People's Bank of China. Following his tenure at the bank, he became a deputy president and then standing deputy president of China Merchants Bank.