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Biography

Wang Guangqian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Dongping County, Shandong province. He was born in 1955, joined the CPC, graduated from the Central University of Finance and Banking, and received a doctorate in economics from the People's University of China in 1996. His dissertation was one of the first to be recognized on a national level as a dissertation of excellence by the degree committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Finance.

Wang was temporarily transferred to the State Council's research center to do research on economic and financial reforms from 1986 to 1989. He introduced proposals for advancing the reform of management structure among banks, and establishing stock-share banks and the multi-financial system. From 1989 to 1991, he led the research project titled "Development Trends of the Chinese Stock Market", for the Social Science Fund under the 7th five year plan. He advanced new concepts of financial efficiency and helped reform the curriculum in the finance departments of the university level.

Wang has been the president of the Central University of Finance and Economics since 2003.