The Executive Committee is responsible for CIC's daily operations. As mandated by the Board of Directors it has full operational independence, and the authority to make individual investment decisions and operational decisions. It assumes full accountability to the Board of Directors and to the State Council.
The Executive Committee has nine seats.

Chairman & CEO
Mr. Lou Jiwei is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CIC. Immediately prior to this, he served as Deputy Secretary General (ministerial level) of the State Council. Previously he also served as Executive Vice Minister of Finance, Vice Governor of Guizhou Province, and Director General of the Macroeconomic Control Department of the State Commission for Restructuring the Economy.
Mr. Lou was born in 1950, and received a master's degree in economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University. He is a professor and an advisor to PhD students.

Vice Chairman, President & CIO
Mr. Gao Xiqing is the Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Investment Officer of CIC. Immediately prior to this, he served as Vice Chairman of the National Council for the Social Security Fund. He also worked as Vice Chairman at the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and General Counsel and the Director General of the Public Offering Supervision Department. In the 1990s, he also served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Bank of China International (Holdings) Limited.
Mr. Gao was born in 1953, and received a juris doctor degree from the school of law of Duke University in the United States and a master's degree in law from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China. He is a professor and an advisor to PhD students.

Chairman of Board of Supervisors
Mr. Jin Liqun is the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of CIC. Prior to this appointment he served as the Vice President (Operations 1) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Before joining the ADB in August 2003, he served as Vice Minister of Finance, Director General of the World Bank Department at the Ministry of Finance, and Alternative Executive Director of China to the World Bank Group. He was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China.
Mr. Jin was born in 1949, and holds a master’s degree from Beijing Foreign Studies University and was a Hubert Humphrey Fellow in the Economics Graduate Program at Boston University.

Executive Director, Executive Vice President & COO
Mr. Zhang Hongli is Executive Director, Executive Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer of CIC. Prior to joining CIC, he worked in the Ministry of Finance where he held various senior positions, including Vice Minister of Finance, Director General of the Budget Department, and Deputy Director General of the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Department.
Mr. Zhang was born in 1950, and holds a doctor's degree in economics from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics.

Executive Vice President
Mr. Peng Chun is Executive Vice President of CIC. Immediately prior to joining CIC, he was Executive Director and Executive Vice President of Bank of Communications. Before that, he was Assistant to the President of Bank of Communications, after serving as branch president in Urumqi, Nanning and Guangzhou.
Mr. Peng was born in 1962, and holds a doctor’s degree in Economics.

Executive Vice President & Deputy COO
Mr. Fan Yifei is Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Operating Officer of CIC. Prior to joining CIC, Mr. Fan was Executive Vice President of China Construction Bank (CCB). Before that, he had also served as General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Department, Planning and Finance Department and Assistant to the President at CCB.
Mr. Fan was born in 1964, and holds a doctor’s degree in Economics.

Executive Vice President & Deputy CIO
Mr. Xie Ping is Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Investment Officer of CIC. Immediately prior to joining CIC, he served as the President of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. He had also held a number of senior positions within the People's Bank of China (PBOC), including Director General of the Financial Stability Department, Director General of the Research Bureau, Governor of the Hunan branch of the PBOC, Director General of the Non-Banking Supervision Department, and Deputy Director General of the Policy Research Office.
Mr. Xie was born in 1955, and holds a master's degree in economics from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and a doctor's degree in economics from Renmin University of China. He is an advisor to PhD students.

Executive Vice President & CRO
Mr. Wang Jianxi is a member of the Executive Committee of CIC as well as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Prior to joining CIC, he was Vice Chairman of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. and Chairman of China International Capital Corporation (CICC), a joint venture investment bank established between China Construction Bank and Morgan Stanley. He had also served as Assistant Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, President of Bank of China International (UK), Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Bank of China International, and Chief Accountant and Director General of the International Department under China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Mr. Wang was born in 1951, and holds a doctor's degree in accounting.

Member of the Executive Committee
Madam Liang Xiang is a member of the Executive Committee. Immediately prior to this, she served as the Secretary of Inspecting Discipline Commission in the Export-Import Bank of China. Previously she also served as Deputy Director of Planning Institution of Chemical Industry, Deputy Director of Planning Department in Ministry of Chemical Industry, General Manager of the Second Credit Department, the Buyer Credit Department, the Export Credit Department and Assistant President of the Export-Import Bank of China.
Madam Liang was born in 1955, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology.