Lü Peijian

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'''Lü Peijian''' (; born August 1928) is a Chinese retired politician and central banker. He served as Governor of the [[People's Bank of China]] from 1982 to 1985 and Auditor General of the [[National Audit Office (China)|National Audit Office]] from 1985 to 1994.

== Biography ==
Lü Peijian was born in August 1928 in [[Hongze District|Hongze]], [[Jiangsu]], Republic of China. During the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], he enlisted in the [[New Fourth Army]] in 1944 and joined the [[Communist Party of China]] in November. He studied accounting and worked in the logistics department of the New Fourth Army, and later the East China Field Army 华东野战军 of the [[People's Liberation Army]] during the [[Chinese Civil War]].<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Lü worked in the finance department of the [[East China]] region. He was transferred to the [[Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Finance]] in Beijing in 1953, and took [[correspondence courses]] in [[industrial economics]] at [[Renmin University of China]] from 1954 to 1956.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Lü rose through the ranks in the Ministry of Finance, and was appointed Vice Minister in 1978. In 1982, he was appointed the sixth Governor of the [[People's Bank of China]], China's central bank.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In March 1985 became the second Auditor General of the [[National Audit Office (China)|National Audit Office]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> which had just been established two years earlier to systematically audit the accounts of businesses, government units, and individuals. In August 1985, Lü told the ''[[China Daily]]'' that the NAO audited the accounts of more than 24,000 businesses and units, and uncovered fraud and tax evasion worth more than US$1.6 billion.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

From May 1994 to June 2000, he served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of [[China Development Bank]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Lü was a member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]]. He served as a Standing Committee member of the 9th [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

== References ==







[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Governors of the People's Bank of China]]
[[Category:Politicians from Huai'an]]
[[Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu]]
[[Category:Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]]
[[Category:Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]]
[[Category:Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]]

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