Liu He

Liu He is one of those figures I find genuinely fascinating because his influence was felt far beyond China's borders. As vice premier from 2018 to 2023 and the man steering the Communist Party's central economic affairs office for a full decade, he was Beijing's point person during the trade tensions with the United States. What I appreciate is that he came from the economist's side rather than pure politics, trained at Renmin University. That technocratic grounding shows. He stayed deliberately low-key in public, which only made his quiet weight in the room more notable to me. A serious policy mind in a turbulent era.

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Name (English)

Liu He

Name (Japanese)

劉鶴

Reading

りゅう・かく

Born

January 25, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

Beijing, People's Republic of China

Occupation

economist / politician / beamter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

University

Renmin University of China

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu%20He%20(politician)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E9%B6%B4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8294074

Tags

• economist
• politician
• beamter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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