| Office: | Chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund | ||||||
| Term Start: | March 2003 | ||||||
| Term End: | January 2008 | ||||||
| Predecessor: | Liu Zhongli | ||||||
| Successor: | Dai Xianglong | ||||||
| Premier: | Wen Jiabao | ||||||
| Office1: | Minister of Finance | ||||||
| Term Start1: | 18 March 1998 | ||||||
| Term End1: | 17 March 2003 | ||||||
| Premier1: | Zhu Rongji | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Liu Zhongli | ||||||
| Successor1: | Jin Renqing | ||||||
| Xiang Huaicheng | |||||||
| Native Name: | 项怀诚 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Wujiang County, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Shandong University | ||||||
| Module: |
| ||||||
Xiang Huaicheng (; born February 1939) is a Chinese economist and former minister of finance of China.[1]
Xiang Huangcheng was born in Wujiang County, Jiangsu in February 1939. He joined Chinese Communist Party in 1983. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Shandong University in 1960, and is a senior economist.
1986.6–1992.5, deputy minister of finance, member of the party's committee.
1992.5–1994.7, deputy minister of finance, vice secretary of the party's committee.
1994.7–1995.1, deputy director of State Administration of Taxation, vice secretary of the party's committee.
1995.1–1998.3, deputy director of State Administration of Taxation, secretary of the party's committee.
1998.3–2003.3, minister of finance.
2003.5–2008.1, director-general of the national social security funds.
He was a member of 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
He is currently the Chairman of China Development Institute in Shenzhen.[2]