Zeng Peiyan

Zeng Peiyan
曾培炎
Zeng Peiyan in 2008.
Vice Premier of China
In office 17 March 2003 – 17 March 2008
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Chairman of the State Development Planning Commission
In office March 1998 – March 2003
Premier	Ma Kai
Preceded by	Chen Jinhua
Succeeded by	Zhang Ping
Personal details
Born	(1938-12-01) 1 December 1938 (age 86) Shaoxing, Chekiang, Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Tsinghua University

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zeng.

Zeng Peiyan (Chinese: 曾培炎; pinyin: Zēng Péiyán; born December 1938) is a Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2007 and was a vice premier from 2003 to 2008.^[1]

Early life and career

Zeng Peiyan was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1962. Zeng joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1978.^[2]

In his capacity as vice premier, Zeng at the December 2006 Standing Committee Meeting of the Tenth National People's Congress, advocated for the use of foreign exchange reserves to support Chinese companies in obtaining foreign mineral resources, thereby developing China's access to strategic minerals.^[3]: 58

Post-political life

Following his post as Vice Premier of the State Council, Zeng has been serving as the chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a think tank with the mission of promoting international economic research and exchanges and providing consulting service.^[4] In 2009, he also became a member of the International Advisory Council of the sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation.^[5]

2013 Taiwan visit

In end of February 2013, Zeng, in his capacity as the chairman of the mainland-based China Center for International Economic Exchanges visited Taiwan for five days in which he delivered a speech during a Cross-Straits Entrepreneurs’ Forum at the Grand Hotel in Taipei. His visit came at the invitation of Vincent Siew, the chairman of the Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation. Zeng met representatives from Taiwan's industrial and commercial circles, and will also tour around the region to get a better understanding of the latest developments to the island's economy.^[6][7]

References

1. Xinhua: Wu Yi, Zhang Lichang, Cao Gangchuan, Zeng Peiyan not in CPC new central committee
2. "China Vitae : Biography of Zeng Peiyan".
3. Liu, Zongyuan Zoe (2023). Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances its Global Ambitions. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. doi:10.2307/jj.2915805. ISBN 9780674271913. JSTOR jj.2915805.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
5. "China Investment Corporation". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
6. "China´s former Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan visits Taiwan CCTV News - CNTV English". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
7. "Zeng Peiyan calls for cross-Strait cooperation amid new challenges - People's Daily Online".

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