Li Yong

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Li Yong (2016)

Li Yong ( Chinese  李勇 ; born July 1951 in Jining , Shandong ) is a former Deputy Minister of Finance of the People's Republic of China and currently Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Origin and education

Li Yong was born in 1951 in Jining, east China, to Han Chinese parents. In 1973 he joined the Chinese Communist Party . In the same year he graduated from the Finance Research Institute of the Ministry of Finance of China with a master's degree in economics.

Career

From 1985 to 1988, Li Yong served in the Chinese Legation to the United Nations. In 1989 he became a director of the World Bank Department in the Chinese Ministry of Finance. The following year he worked as a consultant at the World Bank . He then took over the post of Director General in the World Bank Department of the Ministry of Finance, and from 1996 to 1998 he was Executive Director.

In 1999 he became general secretary of the Chinese auditing institute and from 2000 at the same time assistant minister in the Ministry of Finance, and in 2003 he was appointed vice minister. The focus of his work was the containment of inflation by promoting agricultural production. In 2006 he published a forecast for the depreciation of the US dollar by 25%, which led to a discussion about the formation of an Asian currency index (ACU), which should enable a basis for assessing Asian currencies.

In 2013, Li was elected Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to succeed Kandeh Yumkella . In 2017, Li was confirmed in office.

Other fields of activity

Li Yong is a member of the International Gender Champions (IGC) network, which advocates gender equality in international organizations.

Web links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/2844 accessed on December 8, 2019
  2. ^ A b Li Yong Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Finance . In: China Vitae . Wen Wei Publishing Co. Ltd. June 15, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
  3. ↑ Sebastian Tong: China banks on policy, crops to fight inflation . In: Reuters , May 5, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008. 
  4. ↑ Mukherjee Andy: Asia Is Getting Ready to Dump the Dollar Peg . In: Bloomberg , May 7, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008. 
  5. ↑ Chinese candidate Li Yong elected as new UNIDO Director-General . In: Xinhua , June 24, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Li Yong confirmed as new Director General of UNIDO . United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  7. ↑ https://www.unido.org/news/director-general-re-appointed-second-term-17th-unido-general-conference-opens accessed on December 8, 2019
  8. ↑ https://genderchampions.com/champions/li-yong accessed on January 7, 2020
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Li is the family name here, Yong is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Li Yong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 李勇 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese diplomat and UN official
DATE OF BIRTH July 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Jining , Shandong