Ren Hongbin

Ren Hongbin (Chinese: 任鸿斌; born July 1966) is a Chinese politician of Tujia ethnicity. He currently serves as president and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), as well as president of the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) and Chairman of the China National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party and was a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Ren Hongbin 任鸿斌
President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2022
Preceded by	Gao Yan
President of the China Chamber of International Commerce
Incumbent
Assumed office July 2022
Preceded by	—
Personal details
Born	July 1966 (age 59) Chongqing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Education	Master of Engineering
Alma mater	Beijing Foreign Studies University China University of Mining and Technology
Profession	Politician

Biography

Ren Hongbin was born in July 1966 in Chongqing, China. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party and holds a Master of Engineering degree. He graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University and China University of Mining and Technology. Ren began his career in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (later the Ministry of Commerce), serving in the European Affairs Department as Deputy Division Director and Division Director. He also held a temporary post as a member of the Standing Committee of the Suifenhe Municipal Committee in Heilongjiang Province and Vice Mayor of Suifenhe.^[2]

In June 2006, he was promoted to Deputy Director-General of the European Affairs Department, and in August 2006, he was appointed Economic and Commercial Counsellor (Deputy Director-General level) at the Embassy of China in Hungary. In July 2011, he became Party Secretary and Vice President (Director-General level) of the China Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation. In January 2016, Ren was appointed Director-General of the Department of WTO Affairs and Director of the China WTO Consultative Office.^[3] In May 2017, he became Director-General of the Department of Foreign Trade and Deputy Director of the Office of Import and Export of Mechanical and Electrical Products. In May 2018, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Commerce and a member of the Party Leadership Group. From July 2021 to February 2022, he served as Vice Minister of Commerce.^[4]

In January 2022, Ren was appointed president and CCP Committee Secretary of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. In July 2022, he was elected President of the China Chamber of International Commerce and concurrently serves as Chairman of the China National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce.^[5][6]