Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
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Revision History:

Biography Revised: 7/20/2009
Career Data Updated: 7/20/2009

PHOTO: Yi Gang
Yi Gang 易纲
Director, State Administration of Foreign Exchange; Deputy Governor, People's Bank of China
Born: 1958

Biography Highlight

Yi Gang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing. He has published more than 40 articles in Chinese, and 20 academic papers in English that have appeared in economics journals such as the Journal of Econometrics, the China Economic Review, and Comparative Economic Studies. Yi is the author of ten books, and he served as a consultant for the Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, the Journal of Econometrics, China Economic Review, Comparative Economic Studies, Economic Theory, Contemporary Policy Issues, and the Journal of Asian Economics. He also serves on the editorial board of the China Economic Review and the Journal of Asian Economics. He became secretary-general of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China in 2002 and in 2008 he became Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China. In 2009, he became Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE).

Recent Career Data

2009— Director, State Administration of Foreign Exchange
2008— Deputy Governor, People's Bank of China
2002—2008 Secretary-General, People's Bank of China, Monetary Policy Department
1997—2002 Deputy Secretary-General, People's Bank of China, Monetary Policy Department
1994—1997 Professor, Beijing University Beijing Municipality
1992—1994 Assistant Professor, Indiana University USA, Indiana, Indianapolis
1987—1992 Assistant Professor, Indiana University USA, Indiana, Indianapolis
1986—1987 Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University USA, Indiana, Indianapolis
1982—1986 Student, University of Illinois, Economics Department USA, Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Received Doctorate)
1980—1982 Student, Hamline University USA, Minnesota, St. Paul

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