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Minister of Commerce, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhong Shan (Chinese: 钟山; born October 1955) is a Chinese politician and business executive, who served as the Commerce Minister of the People's Republic of China from February 2017 to December 2020.
Zhong Shan | |
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钟山 | |
Minister of Commerce | |
In office 24 February 2017 – 26 December 2020 | |
Premier | Li Keqiang |
Preceded by | Gao Hucheng |
Succeeded by | Wang Wentao |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1955 (age 68) Shangyu, Zhejiang |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Zhong Shan was born in Shangyu, Zhejiang, and he joined to work in 1972. His first job was Chief of Section in Zhejiang Textile Import & Export Corporation. In 1998, he served as the Director of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Department of Zhejiang. He was served as the vice Governor of Zhejiang since 2003.[citation needed]
In 2008, he was appointed as the Vice Minister of Commerce. In March 2013, he was named China's International Trade Representative (minister-level).[1] In February 2017, Zhong was appointed as the Minister of Commerce by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.[citation needed]
Zhong was with Vice Premier Liu He to witness the signing of the first trade deal with the US President Donald Trump in January 2020.[2][3]
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