The new finance minister, Lou Jiwei, comes to the ministry from the China Investment Corporation, China’s sovereign wealth fund, where he dealt with global capital markets on a daily basis. Lou, a trained economist who previously served in the Ministry of Finance as a deputy minister, where he was a voice for pro-market reforms, indicated his current approach to tax and budget policy at a recent meeting in Beijing.
而新任财政部部长楼继伟是从中国投资有限责任公司——中国的主权财富基金——调任到财政部的，在中投时他负责处理与全球资本市场有关的日常事务。楼是一个训练有素的经济学家，曾任财政部副部长，也属于市场化改革派——他近期在北京的一次会议上在税收和预算政策上也表现出类似立场。他反对欧洲的大政府高税率以及美国式的低税率高财政赤字，比较偏爱低预算赤字和能使个人和公司获得更多“机会”的税收体系。