China Central Bank Governor's Retirement Seen in Absence From Top Advisory Body
- Zhou, 70 next week, said last year he would depart “soon”
- Bank watchdog boss, Hubei party chief contenders for the job
People's Bank of China headquarters in Beijing.
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Zhou Xiaochuan, the long-serving governor of the People’s Bank of China, wasn’t included on a new list of the nation’s top political advisory body, the strongest signal yet he may be about to retire.
Zhou, who has served as vice chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference since 2013, isn’t being re-selected as a member of its 13th national committee, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The absence signals Zhou -- who turns 70 on Monday -- is likely to retire from the central bank before March, when the conference, a gathering of more than 2,000 people who advise on policy making, usually holds its annual meeting.