Ouyang Zehua

Ouyang Zehua (Chinese: 欧阳泽华; born November 1964) is a Chinese economist and politician. He is currently a Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Chairperson of its Sichuan Provincial Committee, Vice Chairperson of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC.^[1][2]

Ouyang Zehua was born in November 1964 in Yiyang, Hunan Province. He received his undergraduate education in statistics from Hunan College of Finance and Economics and later pursued graduate studies in statistics at Beijing Institute of Economics. He subsequently earned a PhD in political economy from the School of Economics at Renmin University of China. Ouyang joined the workforce in July 1988 and became a member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang in June 1999.^[3]

Ouyang began his professional career as a research assistant at the Institute of Economics of Beijing Institute of Economics, before moving into China's securities regulatory system in the early 1990s. He held a series of positions at China Securities Trading System Co., Ltd., where he advanced from staff member to manager of the securities custody department. In 1997, he joined the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), serving in several supervisory and regulatory roles, including deputy division director and division director within the Trading Department and Market Supervision Department. He later became director of the Listed Companies Supervision Department, where he was involved in overseeing China's capital markets and corporate governance of publicly listed firms.^[4]

Alongside his regulatory career, Ouyang took on increasing responsibilities within the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, first in Beijing and later at the national level. From 2016, he transitioned to provincial leadership in Sichuan, serving as director of the Sichuan Provincial Financial Office and subsequently as director of the Sichuan Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau.^[5] In these roles, he was responsible for coordinating financial regulation, risk prevention, and financial reform at the provincial level.^[3]

In January 2018, Ouyang was elected Vice Chairperson of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He later became a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC, and in 2023 was re-elected to the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee. In December 2022, he was elected Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, while continuing to serve as Chairperson of its Sichuan Provincial Committee.^[6][7]