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.

Liu He (Chinese: 刘鹤; pinyin: Liú Hè; born 25 January 1952) is a Chinese economist and retired politician who served as a vice premier of China from 2018 to 2023. Additionally, he served as the director of the Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2013 to 2023, the director of the Financial Stability and Development Committee from 2017 to 2023, as wel…

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Name (English)

Liu He

Name (Japanese)

劉鶴

Reading

りゅう・かく

Born

January 25, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

Origin

Beijing, People's Republic of China

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

economist / politician / beamter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Renmin University of China

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E9%B6%B4

Tags

• economist
• politician
• beamter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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