| Post: | Minister of Finance |
| Body: | the People's Republic of China |
| Insignia: | National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100 |
| Insigniacaption: | National Emblem of the People's Republic of China |
| Flag: | Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the People's Republic of China |
| Nominator: | Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party) |
| Appointer: | President |
| Incumbent: | Lan Fo'an |
| Incumbentsince: | 24 October 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Finance |
| Member Of: | State Council |
| Seat: | Ministry of Finance Building, Xicheng District, Beijing |
| Precursor: | Minister of Finance of the Republic of China |
| Native Name: | 中华人民共和国财政部部长 |
| Deputy: | Vice Minister of Finance |
| First: | Bo Yibo |
| Appointer Qualified: | with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee |
| Status: | Provincial-Ministerial level official |
The minister of finance of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is twelfth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry.[1] Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.[2]
The current minister is Lan Fo'an, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.[3]
The Ministry of Finance of the Central People's Government was established on 1 October 1949, and Bo Yibo became the first minister on 19 October.[4] The ministry was reorganized to the Ministry of Finance of the PRC in September 1954, and the title of the minister was also changed. On 1 July 1967, during the Cultural Revolution, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the State Council and the Central Military Commission decided to implement military rule over the ministry; the Director of the Military Control Commission Yin Chengzhen served as the head of the ministry.[5] The Military Control Commission was replaced with a Revolutionary Committee on 22 June 1970. The ministry was reorganized and restored its ministerial system in January 1975.[6]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Important offices held during tenure | Premier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Term | |||||||
| Minister of Finance of the Central People's Government | |||||||||
| 1 | Bo Yibo 薄一波 | 19 October 1949 | 18 September 1953 | Member of the Central People's Government Deputy Director of the Finance and Economics Committee of the Central People's Government First Secretary of the North China Central Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Director of the National Organization Committee Director of the Central People's Government's Economy Inspection Committee | Zhou Enlai | [7] | |||
| 2 | Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 | 18 September 1953 | 19 June 1954 | Secretary-General of the CCP Central Committee Head of the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee | [8] | ||||
| 3 | Li Xiannian 李先念 | 19 June 1954 | 28 September 1954 | Vice Premier of the State Council | [9] | ||||
| Minister of Finance of the People's Republic of China | |||||||||
| 3 | Li Xiannian 李先念 | 28 September 1954 | 22 June 1970 | Vice Premier of the State Council Director of the State Council Finance and Trade Office Deputy Head of the Central Finance and Economics Group | Zhou Enlai | ||||
| Director of the Military Control Commission (Revolutionary Committee) of the Ministry of Finance | |||||||||
| 4 | Yin Chengzhen 殷承祯 | 22 June 1970 | 17 January 1975 | Zhou Enlai | [10] | ||||
| Hua Guofeng | |||||||||
| Minister of Finance of the People's Republic of China | |||||||||
| 5 | Zhang Jingfu 张劲夫 | 17 January 1975 | 17 August 1979 | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance Deputy Secretary-General of the Financial and Economic Committee of the State Council | Hua Guofeng | [11] | |||
| 6 | Wu Bo 吴波 | 17 August 1979 | 6 August 1980 | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance | [12] | ||||
| 7 | Wang Bingqian 王丙乾 | 6 August 1980 | 3 September 1992 | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance State Councillor | Hua Guofeng ↓ Zhao Ziyang ↓ Li Peng | [13] | |||
| 8 | Liu Zhongli 刘仲藜 | 4 September 1992 | 18 March 1998 | Director of the State Taxation Administration | Li Peng | [14] | |||
| 9 | Xiang Huaicheng 项怀诚 | 18 March 1998 | 17 March 2003 | Zhu Rongji | [15] | ||||
| 10 | Jin Renqing 金人庆 | 17 March 2003 | 30 August 2007 | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance | Wen Jiabao | [16] | |||
| 11 | Xie Xuren 谢旭人 | 30 August 2007 | 16 March 2013 | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance | [17] | ||||
| 12 | Lou Jiwei 楼继伟 | 16 March 2013 | 7 November 2016 | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance | Li Keqiang | [18] | |||
| 13 | Xiao Jie 肖捷 | 7 November 2016 | 19 March 2018 | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the State Council Secretary of the Working Committee of Central and State Organs | [19] | ||||
| 14 | Liu Kun 刘昆 | 19 March 2018 | 24 October 2023 | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | [20] | ||||
| Li Keqiang ↓ Li Qiang | |||||||||
| 15 | Lan Fo'an 蓝佛安 | 24 October 2023 | Incumbent | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Finance | Li Qiang | ||||