Xiang Huaicheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xiang.

Xiang Huaicheng
项怀诚
Chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund
In office March 2003 – January 2008
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Preceded by	Liu Zhongli
Succeeded by	Dai Xianglong
Minister of Finance
In office 18 March 1998 – 17 March 2003
Premier	Zhu Rongji
Preceded by	Liu Zhongli
Succeeded by	Jin Renqing
Personal details
Born	February 1939 (age 85) Wujiang County, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shandong University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	项怀诚
Traditional Chinese	項懷誠
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiàng Huáichéng

Xiang Huaicheng (Chinese: 项怀诚; born February 1939) is a Chinese economist and former minister of finance of China.

Biography

Xiang Huangcheng was born in Wujiang County, Jiangsu in February 1939. He joined Chinese Communist Party in 1983. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Shandong University in 1960, and is a senior economist.

1986.6–1992.5, deputy minister of finance, member of the party's committee.

1992.5–1994.7, deputy minister of finance, vice secretary of the party's committee.

1994.7–1995.1, deputy director of State Administration of Taxation, vice secretary of the party's committee.

1995.1–1998.3, deputy director of State Administration of Taxation, secretary of the party's committee.

1998.3–2003.3, minister of finance.

2003.5–2008.1, director-general of the national social security funds.

He was a member of 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

He is currently the Chairman of China Development Institute in Shenzhen.