Career
Lou Jiwei played an important role in China’s overhauling of its tax system, and he has been influential in managing China’s internal investments.
Lou has had experience steering China's economy as an academic and as a policymaker.
From age 17, Lou served in the South China Navy before joining the ranks of the Beijing Automation Institute in 1973.
Early in his career, he also spent time as a worker at the state-owned enterprise Shougang International Trade and Engineering Corp.
The man charged with stewarding one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds has vowed to invest more of his $482 billion in neighboring Asian nations, in order to support regional growth.