Hu Xiaolian (born 1958) is the Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China

People's Bank of China

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 and the former director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange

State Administration of Foreign Exchange

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the People's Republic of China is an administrative agency tasked with drafting rules and regulations governing foreign exchange market activities, and managing the state foreign exchange reserves, which at the end of July 2011 stood at $3.2 trillion...

 in China. Hu was ranked 23rd on The Wall Street Journal

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s "The 50 Women to Watch 2007" list. She was ranked fourth on The Wall Street Journals "The 50 Women to Watch 2008" list and was referred to as "one of the most powerful people in the world".

Biography

Born in Hubei

Hubei

' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...

 in 1958, Hu graduated from the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China with an MA in economics in 1984. Hu served as Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange

State Administration of Foreign Exchange

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the People's Republic of China is an administrative agency tasked with drafting rules and regulations governing foreign exchange market activities, and managing the state foreign exchange reserves, which at the end of July 2011 stood at $3.2 trillion...

from 2007-2009. In 2009, she was appointed Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China.