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Zhou Xiaochuan

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January 29, 1948, Dong’an [now Mishan], Heilongjiang province, China (age 76)
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Zhou Xiaochuan (born January 29, 1948, Dong’an [now Mishan], Heilongjiang province, China) Chinese economist, banking executive, and government official who served as the governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBC) from 2002 to 2018. Zhou was born in far northeastern China in Heilongjiang province but grew up mostly in Beijing, where his father, Zhou Jiannan, was a government official. The elder Zhou was purged and sent to a camp in the countryside during the early part of the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) but was rehabilitated in the early 1970s and subsequently held several high-ranking posts in the government and the ...(100 of 550 words)

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