Mr. Liqun Jin is the Vice-President (Operations 1) of the Asian Development Bank(ADB). He joined ADB in August 2003. 

    Mr. Jin is responsible for operations of South Asia and Greater Mekong subregion(including the resident missions under these departments) and the Private Sector Operations Department.

    Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Jin was the Vice Minister of Finance of the People's Republic of China(PRC), in charge of the budget for administrative expenses of education, science, culture, and external economic affairs.  In that capacity, he served as Alternate Governor for the PRC at ADB, the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility. 

    He has been active in international economic affairs for almost two decades, particularly since the Asian financial crisis in 1997.  He has worked on a number of bilateral and multilateral economic and financial forums, such as the China-US Joint Economic Committee, China-UK Economic and Finance Dialogue, APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting, ASEAN Plus Three and G-20.  In addition, Mr. Jin was a member of the State Monetary Policy Committee and the Anti-Terrorism Committee of the PRC. 

    After serving as Alternative Executive Director at the World Bank Group for four years, Mr. Jin was appointed Director General of the World Bank Department of the Ministry of Finance in 1995.  The same year, he was promoted to Assistant Minister of Finance and in 1998 became Vice Minister of Finance.  He was responsible for supervising the PRC's financial sector and raising funds from both international and domestic markets. 

    Mr. Jin holds an M. A. degree in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University.  He was also a Hubert Humphrey Fellow in the Economics Graduate Program at Boston University from 1987 to 1988.  He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980 after completing his graduate program from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute(the current Beijing Foreign Studies University). 

    He writes extensively on economics and finance, and has published a number of books in these areas.

    PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

    Liqun Jin

    ADB Vice-President(Operations 1)

    2003-present Vice-President(Operations 1) Asian Development Bank

    1998-2003 Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance

    1995-1998 Assistant Minister, Ministry of Finance

    1995 Director-General, World Bank Department,  Ministry of Finance   

    1993-1995 Deputy Director-General, World Bank Department, Ministry of Finance

    1989-1992 Alternate Executive Director, World Bank  

    1985-1987 Deputy Director, World Bank Department, Ministry of Finance

    1983-1985 Section Chief, World Bank Department, Ministry of Finance

    1980-1982 Staff Assistant, Executive Director's Office for China, World Bank

    1980 Staff, External Finance Department, Ministry of Finance