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  "title": "Bo Li",
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  "summary": "Mr. Bo LI assumed the role of Deputy Managing Director at the IMF on August 23, 2021. He is responsible for the IMF’s work on about 90 countries as well as on a wide range of policy issues.",
  "publishDate": "2021-08-23",
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      "heading": "Role and responsibilities",
      "content": "- Mr. Bo LI assumed the role of Deputy Managing Director at the IMF on August 23, 2021.\n- He is responsible for the IMF’s work on about 90 countries and on a wide range of policy issues."
    },
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      "heading": "Career background",
      "content": "- Worked for many years at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), most recently as Deputy Governor.\n- Headed the Monetary Policy, Monetary Policy II, and Legal and Regulation Departments at the PBoC.\n- Played an important role in:\n  - the reform of state-owned banks,\n  - the drafting of China’s anti-money-laundering law,\n  - the internationalization of the renminbi,\n  - the establishment of China’s macroprudential policy framework.\n- Served outside of the PBoC as Vice Mayor of Chongqing, China’s largest municipality, with a population of over 30 million, overseeing the city’s financial-sector development, international trade, and foreign direct investment.\n- Served as Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.\n- Began his career as a practicing attorney at the New York law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell for five years."
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    {
      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.\n- M.A. in economics from Boston University.\n- J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.\n- Undergraduate education from Renmin University of China in Beijing."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Key dates and administrative note",
      "content": "- Assumed current IMF position: August 23, 2021.\n- Biography last updated: August 23, 2021."
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    "He is responsible for the IMF’s work on about 90 countries and on a wide range of policy issues.",
    "Worked for many years at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), most recently as Deputy Governor.",
    "Headed the Monetary Policy, Monetary Policy II, and Legal and Regulation Departments at the PBoC.",
    "Played an important role in:",
    "Served outside of the PBoC as Vice Mayor of Chongqing, China’s largest municipality, with a population of over 30 million, overseeing the city’s financial-sector development, international trade, and foreign direct investment.",
    "Served as Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.",
    "Began his career as a practicing attorney at the New York law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell for five years.",
    "Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.",
    "M.A. in economics from Boston University.",
    "J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.",
    "Undergraduate education from Renmin University of China in Beijing.",
    "Assumed current IMF position: August 23, 2021.",
    "Biography last updated: August 23, 2021."
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