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. From 2009 to 2016 he was Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). In 2014 he was named Deputy Director, General Office for Central Leading Group for Finance and Economics. He is an alternate member of the 19th CPC Central Committee and in 2018 he became Governor of the People's Bank of China.
24 Oct 20 | Yi Gang says China will continue pushing forward the opening-up of the financial industry and create a market-oriented, law-based international business environment. | |
11 Oct 19 | Travelled to USA, Washington D.C. and met with the following: • Steven Mnuchin (U.S. Treasury Secretary)
• Robert Lighthizer (U.S. Trade Representative) | |
08 Oct 19 | Liu He will lead a new round of the China-U.S. high-level economic and trade consultations | |
06 Aug 19 | China regrets U.S. decision to label China currency manipulator | |
25 Mar 18 | Yi Gang at China Development Forum in Beijing | |
25 Mar 18 | China capable of resolving external impacts |