Hu Xiaolian
Hu Xiaolian is a vice governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the administrator of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE).
Hu was born in Hubei in 1958. She received an MA in economics from the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China in 1984; she was one of 18 students in the inaugural class.
After her graduation, Hu joined SAFE, where she held many posts including deputy division chief and division chief of the Policy Research Division, deputy director general of the Policy and Regulation Department, and deputy director general and director general of the Reserve Management Department. In 1999, she became a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee member for SAFE. From 2001 to 2004, Hu served as deputy administrator of SAFE.
In 2004, she became assistant to the governor of PBOC and a PBOC CCP committee member. In 2005, Hu was promoted to administrator of SAFE and subsequently became a PBOC vice governor. She is an alternate member of the 17th CCP Central Committee.