China has appointed a former anti-corruption official, known as the “tiger-fighting lady general”, to lead the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Beijing’s answer to the World Bank.
Zou Jiayi, a former vice-finance minister and senior official in the Chinese Communist party’s anti-corruption body, was elected president of the AIIB on Tuesday at a meeting of its board of governors.
She was the sole nominee for the role, and will replace the AIIB’s founding president Jin Liqun, who will step down in January after a decade steering the Beijing-headquartered development bank.
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