04 Hu Xiaolian, the Export-Import Bank of China
Under the leadership of Hu Xiaolian, Cexim assumed the top seat on Marine Money’s shipping lender league table last year, while the continuing strong investment in ships built at Chinese yard in 2018 will support the policy bank to retain the position. Moreover, Cexim’s influence in shipping is far beyond ship finance, especially amid Beijing’s big push on Belt and Road Initiative and boost of the country’s imports
Rising unilateralism and the resulting US-Sino trade conflicts — stirred up by the latter — is adding bigger responsibilities as well as burdens on the bank's chairperson