Gao Xiqing

Gao Xiqing (zh-stp |t=高西慶 |s=高西庆 |p=Gāo Xīqìng) (born September 1953) is the General Manager and Chief Investment Officer of the China Investment Corporation, China's sovereign investment fund.

Gao obtained a bachelor of arts (1978) and a Master in Law (1981) from the University of International Business in Beijing and obtained a law degree in 1986 from Duke University's Law School and became the first Chinese citizen to pass the New York State Bar Exam. [cite news | title = The $1.4 Trillion Question | author = James Fallows | date = January/February 2008 | publisher = Atlantic Monthly | url = http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200801/fallows-chinese-dollars/ ] For the next two years following graduation from Duke, Gao worked as an associate at the Wall Street law firm Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon (Richard Nixon's former law firm).

He then returned to China in 1988. From 1992-1995 he served as the General Counsel and the Director of Public Offerings of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). Then, from 1997-1999, he served as Deputy Chief Executive at the HK-Macao Regional Office of the Bank of China. He later served as the Vice Chairman of the China Security Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Vice-Chairman for the National Council for Social Security Fund (SSF).

Gao currently serves on the Duke University Board of Trustees. [cite news | title = China's sovereign-wealth fund manager becomes Duke trustee | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/07/21/daily17.html ]

References

*http://www.law.duke.edu/magazine/2005fall/profiles/prcgaoxiqing.html
*http://www.ssf.gov.cn/enweb/NewsInfo.asp?NewsId=489
*http://www.lawon.cn/fxjcd/detail.jsp?detail_id=542 (Chinese)
*http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200801/fallows-chinese-dollars/4