Lou Jiwei Quotes

China, Politician
December 24, 1950

Lou Jiwei (Chinese: 楼继伟; Traditional Chinese: 樓繼偉; born December 1950), is a Chinese politician, and current chair of the National Council for Social Security Fund. Lou was Chairman and CEO of China Investment Corporation and formerly served as China's Minister of Finance, Vice Minister of Finance and as Vice-Governor of Guizhou.

Infrastructure investment can boost economic growth and employment, and, in fact, it is fiscally neutral.

Lou Jiwei
- Growth
In 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed, we anticipated that Europe was going to have a very different bailout scheme than the U.S. because of their different political systems and different relationships between the central banks and the fiscal authorities.

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- Different
- Political

There are three main pillars of China's economy. One is export, which is limited by sluggish global demand. The second is investment. In many sectors, there is already too much investment and overcapacity. The third is consumption.

Lou Jiwei