Pan Gongsheng

{{Short description|Chinese economist, banker, reformist and government official}}

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| native_name = {{nobold|潘功胜}}

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| office = 13th Governor of the People's Bank of China

| term_start = 25 July 2023

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| premier = Li Qiang

| predecessor = Yi Gang

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| office1 = Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange

| term_start1 = 12 January 2016

| term_end1 = 24 November 2023

| 1blankname1 = Premier

| 1namedata1 = Li Keqiang
Li Qiang

| predecessor1 = Yi Gang

| successor1 = {{ill|Zhu Hexin|zh|朱鹤新}}

| office2 = Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China

| governor2 = Zhou Xiaochuan
Yi Gang

| term_start2 = December 2012

| term_end2 = 25 July 2023

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|7|08}}

| birth_place = Anqing, Anhui, China

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| nationality = Chinese

| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| alma_mater = Renmin University of China

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Pan Gongsheng ({{zh |c = 潘功胜 |p = Pān Gōngshèng}}; born July 8, 1963) is a Chinese economist and politician who is the current Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and governor of the People's Bank of China (PBC). He served as the Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange from 2016 to 2023. At the PBC, he has worked on the monetary policy of China.

Education

Pan received his Ph.D. in economics from Renmin University of China. He did his post-doctoral research at Cambridge University and was a research fellow at Harvard University.http://www.pbc.gov.cn/english/130715/130839/index.html

Career

=Commercial Banking=

Pan was Vice President of Agricultural Bank of China from 2008-2010. Prior to Agricultural Bank Pan worked at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in a number of positions.

=People's Bank of China=

In 2012, Pan joined the People's Bank of China as Deputy Governor, and later assumed leadership of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, as its administrator.{{Cite web |title=国家外汇管理局信息门户 |url=http://www.safe.gov.cn/wps/portal/english/AboutSAFE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117014008/http://www.safe.gov.cn/wps/portal/english/AboutSAFE |archive-date=2018-01-17 |access-date=2018-01-09 |website=State Administration of Foreign Exchange}} Pan leads Leading Group of Internet Financial Risks Remediation, which has been tasked with clamping down on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in China.{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=John |date=9 January 2018 |title=China is reportedly moving to clamp down on bitcoin miners |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/08/china-is-reportedly-moving-to-clampdown-on-bitcoin-miners/ |accessdate=10 January 2018}}

He is also a member of the Academic Committee of the China Finance 40 Forum (CF40).{{cite web|website=CF40|url=http://new.cf40.org.cn/plus/view.php?aid=3042|title=Organizational Structure}} In July 2023, he was appointed as the secretary of the People's Bank of China Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding Guo Shuqing.{{Cite news |last1=Pisharody |first1=Gokul |last2=Gautam |first2=Bharat Govind |date=2023-07-01 |title=China foreign-exchange regulator Pan Gongsheng named central-bank party boss |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-names-forex-regulator-pan-gongsheng-central-bank-party-boss-2023-07-01/ |access-date=2023-07-01}}{{Cite news |last1=White |first1=Edward |last2=Leng |first2=Cheng |date=2023-07-01 |title=Western-trained banker in line to lead China's central bank |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/fed2ffe0-cdf3-446e-ac22-0ebacb39d1f9 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-07-01}}

In 2023, Pan was appointed as the Governor of the People’s Bank of China.{{Cite web|title=中华人民共和国主席令（第八号）--新闻报道-中国共产党新闻网|url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/n1/2023/0725/c64094-40043340.html|access-date=2023-07-25|website=cpc.people.com.cn}}