Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the central bank, was investigated for serious violations of discipline and law

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Reporter | Zeng Yanglin

On November 5, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Fan Yifei, a member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the People’s Bank of China, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission.

Jiemian reporters found that Fan Yifei is still listed as the vice president in the “Bank Leader” column on the official website of the People’s Bank of China. Biographical information shows that Fan Yifei was born in 1964. He holds a doctorate in economics from Renmin University of China and a master’s degree in international economics from Columbia University in the United States.

Before joining the People’s Bank of China, Fan Yifei worked in China Construction Bank for many years. He served as Assistant General Manager and Manager of the Planning and Finance Department of China Construction Bank Trust and Investment Company, Deputy Director of the Fund Planning Department, General Manager of the Finance and Accounting Department, and General Manager of the Planning and Finance Department of CCB Head Office. manager.

From February 2000, Fan Yifei served as the assistant to the president of China Construction Bank. During this period, from March 2003 to March 2004, he served as the assistant to the general manager of China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd.; since August 2004, Fan Yifei served as the party committee of China Construction Bank. Member and assistant to the president, and served as vice president and member of the party committee of China Construction Bank since June 2005.

In March 2010, Fan Yifei was transferred to the deputy general manager and party committee member of China Investment Corporation. During this period, he also served as the chairman of the Bank of Shanghai since November 2011. In January 2015, Fan Yifei joined the People’s Bank of China and served as a member of the Party Committee of the People’s Bank of China. In February of the same year, he officially served as a member of the Party Committee and Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China until he was investigated.

Previously, Fan Yifei had spoken out on the digital renminbi for many times. The most recent public appearance was on September 19 at the “Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Yangtze River Delta Digital Financial Industry Innovation Week and the Suzhou Financial Support Industry Innovation Cluster Development Conference”. At that time, Fan Yifei said, “In the future, the pilot scope of Shenzhen, Suzhou, Xiong’an and Chengdu will be promoted in a timely manner and gradually expanded to the whole province.”

Earlier, on September 8, at the 2022 China (Beijing) Digital Finance Forum, Fan Yifei talked about the interoperability of digital renminbi and electronic payment . He pointed out that in promoting the ecological construction of digital renminbi, the acceptance environment and the expansion of application scenarios need to be broken, and the unification and specification of standards are the key. It is necessary to promote the unification of norms and standards in terms of digital identity, message specification, two-dimensional code system, Bluetooth and NFC, and realize the interconnection between the digital renminbi system and traditional electronic payment tools, so that consumers can “scan with one code”.