Qiu Xiaohua removed as NBS chief
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-12 21:44
Qiu Xiaohua has been removed as director of the National Bureau of Statistics
(NBS) by the State Council, according to an official press release on Thursday.
Xie Fuzhan has been appointed as
the NBS director. [file
photo] |
Meanwhile, the cabinet has
appointed Xie Fuzhan as the NBS director and removed his deputy director of the
Development Research Center of the State Council, it says.
Born in 1958,
Qiu Xiaohua is a native of East China's Fujian Province. He graduated from the
department of Economics of Xiamen University in Fujian in 1982.
Qiu Xiaohua (L) was
named director of the National Burea of Statistics, replacing Li Deshui (R)
in March 2006. [nbs/file photo] |
Qiu was
appointed NBS' deputy director in 1999. He served as chief economist and
spokesman for NBS between 1993 and 1998.
He was appointed director of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
this March to replace Li Deshui.
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