Liu Liange
Liu Lian'ge | |
|---|---|
| Born | Template:Birth year and age Yongji County, Jilin, China |
| Occupation | Financial executive |
| Years active | 1985–2023 |
| Known for | Chairman and CCP Committee Secretary of the Bank of China (2019–2023) |
Liu Lian'ge (; born May 1961) is a Chinese financial executive who is currently subject to an anti-corruption investigation conducted by the National Supervisory Commission of China. From 2019 until 2023, he held the positions of chairman and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary at the Bank of China. Prior to that, between 2018 and 2019, he served as both president and vice chairman of the same institution.
Before his tenure at the Bank of China, Liu was president of the Export–Import Bank of China from 2015 to 2018, having previously been its vice president from 2007 to 2015. Additionally, between 2005 and 2007, he led the Anti-Money Laundering Bureau within the People's Bank of China.
Biography
Liu was born in Yongji County, Jilin and completed his undergraduate studies in finance at Jilin Finance and Trade College in 1985. He further obtained a Master’s degree in Economics from the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China in 1987.
His career at the People's Bank of China spanned approximately twenty years, during which he held multiple roles such as chief representative in Europe based in London, deputy director general of the International Department, president of the Fuzhou Branch, and director of the Anti-Money Laundering Bureau.
In March 2007, Liu was appointed vice president of the Export–Import Bank of China and was promoted to president in February 2015. By June 2018, he assumed the roles of president and vice chairman at the Bank of China, before being elevated to chairman and party secretary in 2019.
His term as party chief ended on February 17, 2023, amid an ongoing anti-corruption investigation, followed by his resignation from the bank on March 19, 2023.
Publicly available information reveals that Liu has been married four times; notably, his fourth wife was previously involved with his son.
Downfall
On March 31, 2023, Liu became subject to a corruption and graft investigation initiated by both the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision. Subsequently, the Bank of China announced that Ge Haijiao would succeed him as chairman and party secretary. On October 7, 2023, Liu was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and dismissed from all public positions. Later that month, following directives from the Supreme People's Procuratorate, he was detained on allegations including bribery and illicit loan activities.
On November 26, 2024, Liu Lian'ge received a suspended death sentence, accompanied by the confiscation of all his personal assets.