Liu Kun

Minister, Ministry of Finance Government

Liu Kun, born in 1956 in Guangdong Province, is the Finance Minister of the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Liu graduated from the Xiamen University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and received his postgraduate diploma in economics from the Guangdong Provincial Party School.

Mr. Liu has extensive experience in fiscal and tax reform as well as fiscal policies. From 1988 to 1997, he was the Deputy Director and then Director of the General Office of Guangdong Provincial Government. From 1997 to 2002, he was the Deputy Director General of the General Office of Guangdong Provincial Government, and then served as the Deputy Secretary General of Guangdong Provincial Government. From 2002 to 2010, he was the Director General of the Finance Department of Guangdong Province. From 2010 to 2013, he was the Deputy Governor of Guangdong Province. From 2013 to 2016, he was appointed as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance. From December 2016 to March 2018, he was the Chairman of the Budgetary Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, and from February 2017 to March 2018, he also served concurrently as the Deputy Chairman of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress. In March 2018, he was appointed as the Finance Minister of China.