Bi Jingquan

Chinese politician

Bi Jingquan
毕井泉


Director of the China Food and Drug Administration
In office January 2015 – March 2018
Preceded by	Zhang Yong
Succeeded by	Office abolished

Personal details
Born	September 1955 (age 68) Suihua, Heilongjiang, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Peking University

Bi Jingquan (Chinese: 毕井泉; born September 1955) is a Chinese politician who was director of the China Food and Drug Administration from 2015 to 2018. After the office was merged into the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) in March 2018, he became the party secretary of SAMR. He was formerly a deputy secretary-general of the State Council and vice-president of the China Consumer Association.

Biography

Bi Jingquan graduated from the Economics Department of Peking University in 1982.

He has over twenty years experience in price control. He was editor-in-chief of Time-Bargain, published in 1994. In 2001, he worked on the resolution of problems produced by China's entry into the World Trade Organization. he also led his group to complete a report entitled Countermeasures Research on Promoting Competence of China's Various Industries in the Transitional Term. In 2004, he compiled the planning outline for the development of China's logistic industry. He also wrote and released many articles on topics such as trade, circulation, economic reforms and price administration. Bi is currently^[when?] vice-president of the China Consumer Association, director of the China Cereal Economic Institution and executive director of the China Price Study Society.^[1]