Qian Keming

Qian Keming (; born September 1962) is a Chinese politician, researcher, and member of the China Democratic League. He currently serves as a Standing Committee member of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Vice Chair of its Education, Science, Health and Sports Committee. Qian previously served as Vice Minister of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and has held various leadership positions in agricultural research and trade.

Biography Qian Keming was born in September 1962 in Langxi, Anhui Province. He studied agronomy at Anhui Agricultural University (1980–1984) and completed his master's degree in Genetics and Breeding at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1984–1987). He later earned a PhD in Agricultural Economics and Management from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1994–1996). He has held research and editorial positions at the academy and served as a visiting scholar at ISNAR in The Hague, Netherlands (1990) and at IFPRI and the University of Minnesota (2003–2004).

Qian advanced through management roles at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, including Director of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development (2000–2005) and deputy director of the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center of the Ministry of Agriculture (2005–2008). He served as Director of the Department of Market and Economic Information (2008–2011) and Director of the Department of Development Planning (2011–2013). From 2013 to 2015, he was Chief Economist of the Ministry of Agriculture.

In April 2015, Qian was appointed Vice Minister of Commerce, serving until October 2022. During this time, he was also a member of the China Democratic League Central Committee, Chair of its Agriculture Committee, and a member of the National Leading Group for Building a Manufacturing Power. In March 2023, he became a Standing Committee member of the 14th CPPCC and Vice Chair of its Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports.