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The team was established in 2009. Zhang Dejiang and Ma Kai were both team leaders; the three current deputy team leaders are Miao Wei, Liu Kun and Gao Yu

Data map: Liu He.Figure/Vision China

Established in 2009, the State Council's Leading Group for Promoting the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises has undergone a readjustment of its leadership.Liu He, member of the 19th Central Political Bureau, vice premier of the State Council, and director of the Central Finance Office, succeeded Ma Kai as the group leader.According to the usual practice, there are still three deputy team leaders, and the ministers of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Finance both serve as deputy team leaders.

On June 20, the China Government Network issued a notice from the General Office of the State Council on the adjustment of the State Council’s leading group for promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.1. Gao Yu, a member of the party group of the State Council, and 19 members including Wang Jiangping, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.The director of the leading group office is Wang Jiangping, and the deputy directors are Ma Xianghui, director of the Small and Medium Enterprise Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Sun Guangqi, director of the Economic Construction Department of the Ministry of Finance.

The notice also made it clear that the leading group implements a working conference system and holds regular or irregular meetings according to work needs.The work meeting is convened by the leader of the leading group, and may also be convened by the deputy leader entrusted by the leader.

Liu He is a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committee and a member of the 19th Central Political Bureau. He is 66 years old (born in January 1952) and is from Changli, Hebei. He was appointed as the Vice Premier of the State Council in March 2018.

In December 2009, in order to strengthen organizational leadership and policy coordination for promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, the State Council decided to establish a leading group for promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.The office of the leading group is located in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which undertakes the daily work of the leading group, is responsible for researching and proposing policy recommendations to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and supervising the implementation of the matters agreed by the leading group.

The first team leader was Zhang Dejiang, then Vice Premier of the State Council. The deputy team leaders were Li Yizhong, then Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Xie Xuren, Minister of Finance, and Xiao Yaqing, Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council. The members included Zhu Hongren, then chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and other 16 people.At that time, Wang Liming, director of the Small and Medium Enterprise Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, served as the director of the office, and Jia Chen, then director of the Enterprise Department of the Ministry of Finance, served as the deputy director of the office.

In 2013, the team leader was adjusted to Ma Kai, the then Vice Premier of the State Council, and the deputy team leaders were adjusted to Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Lou Jiwei, then Minister of Finance, and Xiao Yaqing, then Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council. The members included Zhu Hong, then Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information TechnologyThere are 18 people waiting.At the same time, Zhu Hongren concurrently served as the director of the leading group office, Zheng Xin, then director of the Small and Medium Enterprises Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Liu Yuting, director of the Enterprise Department of the Ministry of Finance, served as deputy directors of the leading group office.■