Zeng Peiyan Explained

Zeng Peiyan
Office:Vice Premier of China
Term Start:March 2003
Term End:March 2008
Premier:Wen Jiabao
Birth Date:1 December 1938
Birth Place:Shaoxing, Chekiang, Republic of China
Nationality:Chinese
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Tsinghua University

Zeng Peiyan (; 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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20071023061840/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/21/content_6917257.htm Xinhua: Wu Yi, Zhang Lichang, Cao Gangchuan, Zeng Peiyan not in CPC new central committee
  2. Web site: China Vitae : Biography of Zeng Peiyan.
  3. Book: Liu, Zongyuan Zoe . Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances its Global Ambitions . . 2023 . 9780674271913 . 10.2307/jj.2915805 . jj.2915805.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . August 10, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707040729/http://preview.fi2.mofcom.gov.cn/accessory/200906/1243930413765.pdf . July 7, 2011 .
  5. Web site: China Investment Corporation . April 16, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100323220717/http://www.china-inv.cn/cicen/governance/management_international.html . March 23, 2010 .
  6. Web site: China´s former Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan visits Taiwan CCTV News - CNTV English . 27 February 2013 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225140/http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20130227/104931.shtml . dead .
  7. Web site: Zeng Peiyan calls for cross-Strait cooperation amid new challenges - People's Daily Online.