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 served as Executive Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Governor of Guizhou Province, and Director General of the Macroeconomic Control Department of the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems.
Mr. Lou was born in 1950. He received a masters degree in economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University.

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

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 Deputy Minister of Finance, Director General of the World Bank Department at the Ministry of Finance, and Executive Deputy Director of China to the World Bank Group. He was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China. Currently he also serves as Chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Fund.
Mr. Jin was born in 1949 and holds a masters 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 & Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Li Keping is Executive Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of CIC. Immediately prior to this, he served as Deputy Chairman of the National Council for the Social Security Fund. He also worked as Head of Investment Department of the National Council for the Social Security Fund, Deputy Director General of the Macroeconomic Control Department of the State Council Office for Restructuring the Economic Systems, Deputy Director General of the Macroeconomic Control Department of the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems.
Mr. Li was born in 1956 and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Beijing University.

Executive Vice President
Mr. Peng Chun joined CIC in March 2010 and is now Executive Vice President of CIC and President of Central Huijin. Immediately prior to joining CIC, he was Executive Director and Executive Vice President of the 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 Ph.D degree in Economics.

Executive Vice President & Deputy COO
Mr. Fan Yifei joined CIC in March 2010 and is now Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Operation 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 and Accounting Department, Planning and Finance Department and Assistant to the President of CCB.
Mr. Fan was born in 1964 and holds a Ph.D degree in Economics.

Executive Vice President & Deputy CIO
Mr. Xie Ping is a member of the Executive Committee of CIC, Executive Vice President and is newly appointed as Deputy Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining CIC, he served as the President of Central Huijin and Chairman of Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co. Ltd. He had also held a number of senior positions at the PBOC, including Director General of the Financial Stability Department, Director General of the Research Bureau, President of the Hunan branch of the PBOC, Director General of the Non-Banking Supervision Department, and Deputy Director General of the Policy Research Ofce.
Mr. Xie was born in 1955 and holds a masters degree in economics from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and a Ph.D degree in economics from Renmin University of China.

Executive Vice President & CRO
Mr. Wang Jianxi is a member of the Executive Committee of CIC, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Prior to joining CIC, he was Deputy Chairman of Central Huijin and Chairman of China International Capital Corporation. He had also served as Assistant Chairman of CSRC, President of the Bank of China International (UK), Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Bank of China International, and Chief Accountant and Director General of International Department at the CSRC.
Mr. Wang was born in 1951 and holds a Ph.D degree in accounting.

Counselor & Member of the Executive Committee
Madam Liang Xiang is a member of the Executive Committee of CIC. Immediately prior to this, she served as the Secretary of Discipline Inspecting 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 at the 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.