Dai Xianglong

Dai Xianglong
戴相龙
Dai at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2012
10th Governor of the People's Bank of China
In office June 1995 – December 2002
Premier	Zhu Rongji
Preceded by	Zhu Rongji
Succeeded by	Zhou Xiaochuan
Mayor of Tianjin
In office December 2002 – December 2007
Preceded by	Li Shenglin
Succeeded by	Huang Xingguo
Personal details
Born	(1944-10-01) October 1, 1944 (age 72) Yizheng, Jiangsu
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Central University of Finance and Economics

Dai Xianglong (simplified Chinese: 戴相龙; traditional Chinese: 戴相龍; pinyin: Dài Xiànglóng; born October 1944) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He is the former governor of the People's Bank of China, and the former mayor of Tianjin. He currently serves as the president and Communist Party of China (CPC) party chief of the National Council for Social Security Fund.

Born in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province, Dai graduated from the department of accounting of the Central Institute of Finance and Economics (now the Central University of Finance and Economics), majoring in financial accounting. He joined the Communist Party of China in May 1973.

After graduation, he served as an accountant at the finance office of the Guishan Coal Mine in Yunnan, an official in its propaganda office, vice secretary of the CPC committee at the second industrial zone, and an official at the political department of the Coal Industrial Bureau in Yunnan. Later, he moved to Jiangsu and became an official of the Agricultural Bank of China Jiangsu Branch, vice director of its appropriation office, vice mayor of Feng County of Jiangsu, and vice governor of the Agricultural Bank of China Jiangsu Branch. From 1985 to 1995, he served as vice governor of the Agricultural Bank of China, general manager, vice president and CPC party chief of the Bank of Communications, and vice governor and deputy party chief of the People's Bank of China.