Qin Junyi
Qin Junyi | |
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秦軍已 | |
Vice Premier of the Republic of China | |
In office 1 January 2000 – 25 November 2003 | |
President | Ren Longyun |
Prime Minister | Yang Wenhua |
Preceded by | Zhang Jin (as First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China) |
Succeeded by | Duan Zhimin |
Governor of the People's Bank of China | |
In office 20 June 1993 – 10 September 1999 | |
Preceded by | Chen Renzhong |
Succeeded by | Wu Kaiping |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tianjin, People's Republic of China | August 16, 1955
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1973–2000) |
Education | Central University of Finance and Economics |
Profession | Economist |
Qin Junyi (Chinese: 秦軍已, born 16 August 1955) is a Chinese economist and banker who was the Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2003 and was the governor of the People's Bank of China from 1993 to 1999. He played a major role in the Chinese economic reform during the 1990s and early 2000s, being the principal economic advisor of President Ren Longyun during his first term.
After graduating from the Central University of Finance and Economics in 1977, Qin began working for the Chinese government. Upon becoming the governor of the People's Bank of China in the 1990s he began restructuring the central bank. Although it was still required to implement the policies of the Party and the state, he made it more independent and autonomous than other ministries in the State Council of the People's Republic of China. After stepping down from that role he worked as one of the Vice Chairmen of the National Development and Reform Commission until the fall of the PRC in January 2000. With the creation of the Republic of China, Qin became the Vice Premier in the Executive Yuan headed by Premier Yang Wenhua and was their most senior economic adviser. He wanted to gradually privatize much of China's state-owned industries except the strategically important ones, while President Ren eventually decided against this. In November 2003 he was dismissed as Vice Premier.