Xiao Jie

Xiao Jie
肖捷
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Assumed office
10 March 2023
ChairmanZhao Leji
State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China
In office
19 March 2018 – 11 March 2023
PremierLi Keqiang
13th Secretary General of the State Council
In office
19 March 2018 – 12 March 2023
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byYang Jing
Succeeded byWu Zhenglong
13th Minister of Finance
In office
7 November 2016 – 19 March 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byLou Jiwei
Succeeded byLiu Kun
Personal details
BornJune 1957 (age 67)
Kaiyuan, Liaoning, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materChinese Academy of Sciences
Renmin University of China

Xiao Jie (Chinese: 肖捷; born June 1957) is a Chinese politician and an important political aide of Premier Li Keqiang. He served as a State Councilor and the Secretary General of the State Council from 2018 to 2023. Xiao served as the Minister of Finance from November 2016 to March 2018.[1] He previously served as Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council and chief of staff of Premier Li Keqiang, and the deputy director of the State Council Leading Group for the Nationwide Economy Census. He had also served as the director of the State Administration of Taxation.[2]

  1. ^ "China forms new economic team as President Xi kicks off second term". Reuters. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  2. ^ "Biography of Xiao Jie". China Vitae. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-10.