Li Yunze

Li Yunze (; born September 1970) is a Chinese state banker and politician. He served as a vice governor of Sichuan from 2018 to 2023, and the director of the National Administration of Financial Regulation from 2023 to 2026.

Biography Li was born in Yantai, Shandong, in September 1970. In 1989, he entered Tianjin University, where he majored in infrastructure management and Marxism. In May 2022, he was appointed executive vice governor of Sichuan.

He was a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an is an alternate of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

On 10 May 2023, Li was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of the National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR), China's new top financial regulator. On 19 May, he was appointed as its director. He is the first ministerial-level leader born in the 1970s.

On 29 April 2026, Li was demoted for alleged "serious violations of discipline", and will be given a mid-level position at the financial regulator reportedly. On 26 June 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress removed Li as a delegate to the 14th National People's Congress.