He Lifeng (1955- )

Xi Jinping is Asserting Tighter Control of Finance in China

The Communist Party’s main theoretical journal has laid out a new ideological framework for the financial system that emphasizes the primacy of China’s top leader and Marxist principles.

Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Will Meet With Chinese Counterpart

The high-level meetings in San Francisco will lay the groundwork for talks between President Biden and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping.

U.S. Officials Have Visited China. Will Beijing Send Anyone?

Such visits could help convey Beijing’s interest in stabilizing ties with Washington. But China has been noncommittal.

U.S. Does Not Want to ‘Decouple’ From China, Raimondo Says

Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, also emphasized U.S. national security concerns in a meeting in Beijing with Vice Premier He Lifeng, who oversees China’s economy.

Meet the Xi Jinping Loyalist Now Overseeing China’s Economy

He Lifeng’s long career in government has spanned the extremes of China’s approach, from the early embrace of small business in the 1980s to today’s tighter state control.