Former Minister of Commerce, China

Chen Deming was born in Shanghai in March 1949. He graduated from the Department of Management of International Business School of Nanjing University. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and a Doctor’s Degree in Management. In April 2013, Mr. Chen was elected President of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits. He has been a member of the National Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference since March 2013. Prior to the current position, he served as Minister of Commerce between 2007 and 2013. He worked as the Minister- level Vice Chairman and Deputy CPC Party Secretary of the National Development and Reform Committee after 4 years of working in Shaanxi Province as Vice Governor, Governor successively. Prior to that, he took various leadership positions in Jiangsu province including Member of the provincial CPC Standing Committee, CPC Party Secretary and Mayor of Suzhou City. He was also the Chairman of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company Ltd. as an additional post while working in Suzhou.