BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Li Xiaochao has been appointed the new
spokesperson for China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Li, 43, graduated from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
with a masters degree.
He was formerly director of the statistical information center of the
bureau and led his team to work with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank
and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on statistics
exchanges and world economic forecasts.
The NBS releases authoritative economic statistics, including gross
domestic product, the consumer price index and figures on China's investment and
consumption.
Li's predecessor, Zheng Jingping, has taken the post of the chief engineer
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