Zheng Zhijie

{{Short description|Chinese politician and economist (born 1958)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Zheng|lang=Chinese}}

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| image = UKTI and China Development Bank (5342737285).jpg

| caption = Zheng Zhijie (left) and Susan Haird, Acting Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment on 10 January 2011

| office1 = Governor of China Development Bank

| term_start1 = October 2012

| term_end1 = October 2019

| predecessor1 = Jiang Chaoliang

| successor1 = Ouyang Weimin

| office2 = Vice-Governor of China Development Bank

| term_start2 = December 2008

| term_end2 = October 2012

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| office3 = Vice-Governor of China Construction Bank

| term_start3 = 2001

| term_end3 = 2008

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| name = Zheng Zhijie

| native_name = 郑之杰

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958|05}}

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| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| alma_mater = Dongbei University of Finance and Economics

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Zheng Zhijie ({{zh|s=郑之杰|t=鄭之杰|p=Zhèng Zhījié}}; born May 1958) is a Chinese politician and economist currently serving as governor of China Development Bank.{{cite news|author1=Premium Times Abuja|title=UBA, China Development Bank, Sign $100 Million Deal to Support African SMEs|url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/uba-china-development-bank-sign-24100-million-deal-to-support-african-smes/ar-BBJH9Ki|access-date=6 April 2018|work=MSN|date=2018-02-28}}{{cite news|via=Reuters|title=China's CEFC was scrambling for loans as authorities swooped|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/article/chinas-cefc-was-scrambling-for-loans-as-authorities-swooped-20180312-00032|access-date=6 April 2018|work=nasdaq.com|date=2018-03-12}}{{cite news|author1=HARRISON EDEH, ABUJA|title=China Development Bank promises investment into specific sectors of Nigerian economy|url=http://www.businessdayonline.com/china-development-bank-promises-investment-specific-sectors-nigerian-economy/|access-date=6 April 2018|work=businessdayonline.com|date=2018-02-26}}{{cite news|url=http://news.163.com/18/0117/07/D8B99J0U000187VG.html |script-title=zh:阮成发会见国家开发银行行长郑之杰一行 |newspaper=163.com |date=2018-01-17 |language=zh}}

Biography

Born in May 1958, Zheng graduated from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in 1982.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

After graduation, he was assigned to the China Construction Bank. He served as vice-governor of China Construction Bank's Beijing Branch from 1992 to 1997 and governor of Beijing Branch from 1997 to 2001. In 2001 he was promoted to become vice-governor of China Construction Bank and CEO of the China Jianyin Investment Ltd., and held that offices until 2008. In December 2008, he was appointed vice-governor of China Development Bank, he remained in that position until October 2012, when he was promoted again to become its governor.{{cite news|url=http://money.163.com/12/1019/03/8E5BCOTV00253B0H.html |script-title=zh:国开行行长悬空1年终落定 原副行长郑之杰接任 |newspaper=163.com |date=2012-10-19 |language=zh}}

On November 22, 2016, Zheng was hired as a part-time professor at Nankai University.{{cite news|url=http://news.nankai.edu.cn/nkyw/system/2016/11/24/000307657.shtml |script-title=zh:国家开发银行行长郑之杰受聘南开大学兼职教授 |newspaper=Nankai University |date=2016-11-24 |language=zh}}

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