The minister of finance of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is twelfth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.
The current minister is Lan Fo'an, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.
History The Ministry of Finance of the Central People's Government was established on 1 October 1949, and Bo Yibo became the first minister on 19 October. The ministry was reorganized to the Ministry of Finance of the PRC in September 1954, and the title of the minister was also changed. On 1 July 1967, during the Cultural Revolution, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the State Council and the Central Military Commission decided to implement military rule over the ministry; the Director of the Military Control Commission Yin Chengzhen served as the head of the ministry. The Military Control Commission was replaced with a Revolutionary Committee on 22 June 1970. The ministry was reorganized and restored its ministerial system in January 1975.
List of ministers PortraitNameTerm of officeImportant offices held during tenurePremierTook officeLeft officeTermMinister of Finance of the Central People's Government1Bo Yibo薄一波19 October 194918 September 1953Member of the Central People's GovernmentDeputy Director of the Finance and Economics Committee of the Central People's GovernmentFirst Secretary of the North ChinaCentral Bureau of the Chinese Communist PartyDirector of the National Organization CommitteeDirector of the Central People's Government's Economy Inspection CommitteeZhou Enlai2Deng Xiaoping邓小平18 September 195319 June 1954Secretary-General of the CCP Central CommitteeHead of the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee3Li Xiannian李先念19 June 195428 September 1954Vice Premier of the State CouncilMinister of Finance of the People's Republic of China3Li Xiannian李先念28 September 195422 June 1970Vice Premier of the State CouncilDirector of the State Council Finance and Trade OfficeDeputy Head of the Central Finance and Economics GroupZhou EnlaiDirector of the Military Control Commission (Revolutionary Committee) of the Ministry of Finance4Yin Chengzhen殷承祯22 June 197017 January 1975Zhou EnlaiHua GuofengMinister of Finance of the People's Republic of China5Zhang Jingfu张劲夫17 January 197517 August 1979Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of FinanceDeputy Secretary-General of the Financial and Economic Committee of the State CouncilHua Guofeng6Wu Bo吴波17 August 19796 August 1980Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance7Wang Bingqian王丙乾6 August 19803 September 1992Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of FinanceState CouncillorHua Guofeng↓Zhao Ziyang↓Li Peng8Liu Zhongli刘仲藜4 September 199218 March 1998Director of the State Taxation AdministrationLi Peng9Xiang Huaicheng项怀诚18 March 199817 March 2003Zhu Rongji10Jin Renqing金人庆17 March 200330 August 2007Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of FinanceWen Jiabao11Xie Xuren谢旭人30 August 200716 March 2013Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance12Lou Jiwei楼继伟16 March 20137 November 2016Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of FinanceLi Keqiang13Xiao Jie肖捷7 November 201619 March 2018Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of FinanceDeputy Secretary-General of the State CouncilSecretary of the Party Leadership Group of the State CouncilSecretary of the Working Committee of Central and State Organs14Liu Kun刘昆19 March 201824 October 2023Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of FinanceMember of the Central Commission for Discipline InspectionLi Keqiang↓Li Qiang15Lan Fo'an蓝佛安24 October 2023IncumbentSecretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of FinanceLi Qiang
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