The People's Bank of China is the central bank of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for carrying out monetary policy as determined by the People's Bank Law and the Commercial Bank Law.
The Shanghai clique,also referred to as the Shanghai gang,Jiang clique,or Jiang faction,refers to an informal group of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who rose to prominence under former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin while he served as the party chief and mayor of Shanghai.
The Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,commonly called the Central Foreign Affairs Commission,is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that exercises general oversight on matters related to foreign affairs.
Han Zheng is a Chinese politician who since 2023 has served as the vice president of China. He previously served as the first-ranking vice premier of China between 2018 and 2023,and as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between 2017 and 2022.
The Central Financial Work Commission (CFWC) is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that supervises the ideological and political role of the CCP in the Chinese financial system.
Wang Huning is a Chinese political theorist and one of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He is currently the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He has been a leading ideologist in the country since the 1980s. He has been a member of the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee,China's top decision-making body since 2017,and is its fourth-ranking member since 2022.
Cai Qi is a Chinese politician,who is the current first-ranked secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party,fifth-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee and the director of the CCP General Office.
The Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in charge of leading and supervising economic work of both the CCP Central Committee and the State Council. The Commission is generally headed by CCP General Secretary or Premier of the State Council.
Liu He (simplified Chinese:刘鹤;traditional Chinese:劉鶴;pinyin:LiúHè;Wade–Giles:Liu2 Ho4;born 25 January 1952) is a Chinese economist and retired politician who served as a vice premier of China from 2018 to 2023. Additionally,he served as the director of the Office serving the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2013 to 2023,the director of the Financial Stability and Development Committee from 2017 to 2023,as well as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2017 to 2022.
The Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs is an internal policy coordination group of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),reporting to the CCP Politburo,in charge of supervising and coordinating Beijing's policies towards the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Chen Yixin is a Chinese politician who is the current Minister of State Security.
He Lifeng is a Chinese economist and politician who has served as vice premier of China since March 2023. He has additionally been a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party since October 2022,and served as the director of the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission since October 2023.
Chen Gang is a former Chinese politician. Best known for his term in Beijing beginning in 2006,Chen played a prominent role in constructing the venues of the Beijing Olympics and subsequent urban development projects. Elevated to the municipal standing committee in 2012,Chen seemed destined for higher office. However,he was abruptly moved to the North-South Water Transfer project in 2017. He was disgraced in 2019 and is currently under investigation for graft.
Sun Zhigang is a former Chinese politician who was Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou. He was formerly mayor of Yichang,the secretary-general of the Hubei party committee under Yu Zhengsheng,the Vice-Governor of Anhui province,and chief of the national office for health care reform.
The Financial Stability and Development Committee was a Chinese financial regulatory body under the State Council that existed between 2017 and 2023. During its existence,it was chaired by member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and vice premier Liu He.
Yuan Renguo was a Chinese business executive and politician who served as chairman of the Board of Maotai from 2000 to 2018. As of May 2019 he was under investigation by the People's Republic of China's top anti-corruption agency. He entered the workforce in April 1974,and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1982. He was a delegate to the 10th and 12th National People's Congress. He was a representative of the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Zhang Wufeng is a former Chinese politician who served as director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration from 2018 to 2022. As of June 2022 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency.
Fan Yifei is a former Chinese banker who served as vice governor of the People's Bank of China from 2015 to 2022. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in November 2022. Fan was the first ministerial-level official in China to be targeted by China's top anticorruption watchdog since the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2022.
The Central Science and Technology Commission is a commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that supervises and coordinates science and technology related policymaking across ministries,agencies,research institutes and industry.
The Central Financial Work Conference,previously known as the National Financial Work Conference,is the highest-level conference in China in regards to financial work. It is held every five years.
