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China's Yang Shaolin appointed as World Bank Group's senior official - Business - Chinadaily.com.cn
BEIJING - Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF) official Yang Shaolin has been appointed asChief Administrative Officer (CAO) and Managing Director (MD) for the World Bank Group, aMOF statement said Tuesday.
CAO and MD is a new position in the World Bank Group, created to bring togetherorganizational strategy, budgeting and planning, and information and technology, amongother responsibilities, according to a press release from the World Bank Group.
Yang's appointment is effective from Feb. 29, 2016, it said.
Yang is currently the Director General of the Department of International Economic andFinancial Cooperation at the MOF, in charge of economic and financial cooperation betweenChina and international financial institutions as well as foreign governments.
In his position, Yang played a critical role in the creation of the Asian InfrastructureInvestment Bank and the BRICS' New Development Bank.
"We're very pleased to welcome Shaolin back to the Bank Group in this critical new role forthe institution," said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
"In addition to his strong knowledge of our organization, Shaolin brings a deep backgroundand expertise of driving economic and financial cooperation. He is a very experienced leader,and across all of his positions over the years, Shaolin has excelled at collaboration andconsensus building." Kim said.
Yang served as the Executive Director for China at the World Bank Group from September2009 to November 2013, during which he chaired one of the most important standingcommittees of the Boards of Directors at the World Bank -- the Committee on Governanceand Executive Directors' Administrative Matters, the press release said.
BEIJING - Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF) official Yang Shaolin has been appointed asChief Administrative Officer (CAO) and Managing Director (MD) for the World Bank Group, aMOF statement said Tuesday.
CAO and MD is a new position in the World Bank Group, created to bring togetherorganizational strategy, budgeting and planning, and information and technology, amongother responsibilities, according to a press release from the World Bank Group.
Yang's appointment is effective from Feb. 29, 2016, it said.
Yang is currently the Director General of the Department of International Economic andFinancial Cooperation at the MOF, in charge of economic and financial cooperation betweenChina and international financial institutions as well as foreign governments.
In his position, Yang played a critical role in the creation of the Asian InfrastructureInvestment Bank and the BRICS' New Development Bank.
"We're very pleased to welcome Shaolin back to the Bank Group in this critical new role forthe institution," said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
"In addition to his strong knowledge of our organization, Shaolin brings a deep backgroundand expertise of driving economic and financial cooperation. He is a very experienced leader,and across all of his positions over the years, Shaolin has excelled at collaboration andconsensus building." Kim said.
Yang served as the Executive Director for China at the World Bank Group from September2009 to November 2013, during which he chaired one of the most important standingcommittees of the Boards of Directors at the World Bank -- the Committee on Governanceand Executive Directors' Administrative Matters, the press release said.
