PBOC chief Zhou's proteges positioned to carry reformist baton
The ascent of five officials should offer reassurance amid uncertainty about China's next central bank governor
Beijing
AS the retirement of People's Bank of China (PBOC) governor Zhou Xiaochuan nears, his legacy of financial reform may yet live on through the advancing careers of people he has helped guide to prominence.
The latest examples of that phenomenon are five officials, associated with Mr Zhou and seen as like-minded reformers, who were promoted since 2015 to key posts at the central bank, market regulators and even the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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