Wu Xiaoling

She has held a long tenure at the People's Bank of China and is the inaugural female director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

Wu Xiaoling obtained a master's degree in economics from the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China (now the PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University) in 1984 and subsequently remained in the institution as a researcher.

[2] From 1998 to 2000, she held the position of governor of the Shanghai Branch of the People's Bank of China (PBC),[3] and in April 2001, she ascended to the role of deputy governor of the PBC while simultaneously serving as the director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE).

[4] She is a member of the board of governors of the PBOC, the largest and most esteemed institution in China.

[5] In January 2008, at the age of 61, Wu Xiaoling resigned from her position as deputy governor of the central bank.