Jin Renqing

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Jin Renqing
金人庆
Minister of Finance
In office
17 March 2003 – 30 August 2007
PremierWen Jiabao
Preceded byXiang Huaicheng
Succeeded byXie Xuren
Director of the State Taxation Administration
In office
1 April 1998 – 6 May 2003
PremierZhu Rongji
Preceded byLiu Zhongli
Succeeded byXie Xuren
Personal details
Born(1944-07-29)29 July 1944[
Hanyu Pinyin
Jīn Rénqìng
Wade–GilesChin Jen-ch'ing

Jin Renqing (

finance minister
from 2003 to 2007.

Biography

Jin was born in

Haidian District, Beijing, aged 77.[3]

Sex scandal

At the time of Jin's resignation the

spy had affairs with several Chinese officials including former agricultural minister Du Qinglin, former party secretary of Qingdao Du Shicheng and the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) chairman Chen Tonghai.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "CNN.com, China's finance minister resigns". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Jin Renqing". Chinese Government's Official Web Portal. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
  3. ^ 财政部原部长金人庆因家中失火去世,77岁. Caixin (in Chinese). 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "China finance minister steps down". BBC News. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Sacked Chinese finance minister Jin detained – paper". Reuters. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  6. ^ Eimer, David (26 June 2011). "Chinese minister was caught in a 'Honeytrap'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Former Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing caught in "honeytrap" – Wikileaks". The Courier-Mail. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
Government offices
Preceded by Director of
State Administration of Taxation

1998–2003
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Finance of the People's Republic of China

2003–2007