Zheng Zhijie

Zheng Zhijie
Zheng Zhijie
郑之杰
	Zheng Zhijie (left) and Susan Haird, Acting Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment on 10 January 2011
Governor of China Development Bank
	In office; October 2012 – October 2019
Preceded by	Jiang Chaoliang
Succeeded by	Ouyang Weimin
Vice-Governor of China Development Bank
	In office; December 2008 – October 2012
Vice-Governor of China Construction Bank
	In office; 2001–2008
Personal details
Born	May 1958 (age 67)
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Dongbei University of Finance and Economics

Zheng Zhijie (simplified Chinese: 郑之杰; traditional Chinese: 鄭之杰; pinyin: Zhèng Zhījié; born May 1958) is a Chinese politician and economist currently serving as governor of China Development Bank.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Biography

Born in May 1958, Zheng graduated from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in 1982.^{[citation needed]}

After graduation, he was assigned to the China Construction Bank. He served as vice-governor of China Construction Bank's Beijing Branch from 1992 to 1997 and governor of Beijing Branch from 1997 to 2001. In 2001 he was promoted to become vice-governor of China Construction Bank and CEO of the China Jianyin Investment Ltd., and held that offices until 2008. In December 2008, he was appointed vice-governor of China Development Bank, he remained in that position until October 2012, when he was promoted again to become its governor.^[5]

On November 22, 2016, Zheng was hired as a part-time professor at Nankai University.^[6]