Compiled from the following sources:

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

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

People's Daily Online


XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 10/5/2010
Career Data Updated: 10/5/2010

PHOTO: Zhou Xiaochuan
Zhou Xiaochuan 周小川
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Governor, People's Bank of China
Born: 1948

Biography Highlight

Zhou Xiaochuan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Yixing City of Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1948 and graduated from Beijing Chemical Engineering Institute with a Bachelor Degree in 1975 and Tsinghua University with a Doctorate Degree in 1985.

Recent Career Data

2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2003— Chairman, Chinese Monetary Policy Committee
2002— Governor, People's Bank of China
2002— Secretary, People's Bank of China CPC, Party Committee
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000— Member, People's Bank of China, Monetary Policy Department
2000—2002 Chairman, China Securities Regulatory Commission
1998—2000 Governor, China Construction Bank
1997— Member, Chinese Monetary Policy Committee, 1st Council
1996—1998 Vice-Governor, People's Bank of China

Recent Travel & Appearances

05/16/12 Chinese banking official calls for greater capital market reforms
03/05/12 China mulls larger floating band for the yuan: PBOC governor
01/13/12 British chancellor of the exchequer to visit China
10/15/11 China calls for joint effort to deal with global economic difficulties
07/08/11 Taming inflation still a priority: central bank governor