On December 30, 2019, Yi Gang, Governor the People's Bank of China (PBC), visited the Investment Center of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) to meet with officials for the operation and management of foreign exchange reserves, accompanied by Pan Gongsheng, Deputy Governor of the PBC and Administrator of the SAFE, Zhang Xin and Lu Lei, both deputy administrators of the SAFE.

Yi Gang showed his care for every official engaged in the operations and management of foreign exchange reserves, and confirmed the great accomplishments achieved in the operations and management of foreign exchange reserves in 2019. Yi Gang pointed out that, facing increasing risks and challenges in and outside China in the year to date, the Investment Center has studied and implemented Xi Jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era and the decisions and arrangements by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. By pursuing progress while maintaining stability and ensuring robust operations, the Investment Center has safeguarded the security and flows of foreign exchange reserve assets and the preservation and growth of their value, providing a solid guarantee for preventing and addressing major risks and maintaining economic and financial stability.

Yi Gang also stressed that, in 2020, the last year for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and of the 13th Five-year Plan period, ensuring smooth operations and management of foreign exchange reserves will be both a glorious mission and an arduous task. At the juncture of achieving the Two Centenary Goals, officials involved in the operations and management of foreign exchange reserves, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, should implement the guiding principles of the Party’s 19th National Congress and the second, third and fourth plenary sessions of its 19th Central Committee, and the decisions and arrangements of the Central Economic Working Conference. They should further understand the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment. They should strengthen their confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. They should resolutely uphold General Secretary Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and resolutely uphold the Party Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership. Keeping in mind the Party’s founding mission, they should endeavor to improve the operations and management systems for foreign exchange reserves with Chinese characteristics, further promote the modernization of operations and management and forge ahead to secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.