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{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Xie (surname)|Xie]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| name                = Xie Xuren
| native_name = 谢旭人
| image               = File:Xie Xuren.jpg
| office              = Chairman of the [[National Council for Social Security Fund]]
| term_start          = 19 March 2013
| term_end            = November 2016
| predecessor         = [[Dai Xianglong]]
| successor           = [[Lou Jiwei]]
| premier             = [[Li Keqiang]]
| office1             = [[Minister of Finance (China)|Minister of Finance]]
| premier1            = [[Wen Jiabao]]
| term_start1         = 30 August 2007
| term_end1           = 16 March 2013
| predecessor1        = [[Jin Renqing]]
| successor1          = Lou Jiwei
| office2             = Head of the [[State Taxation Administration]]
| term_start2         = March 2003
| term_end2           = August 2007
| premier2            = Wen Jiabao
| predecessor2        = Jin Renqing
| successor2          = [[Xiao Jie]]
| birth_date          = {{birth year and age|1947|10}}
| birth_place         = [[Ningbo]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Chinese Communist Party]]
| alma_mater          = [[Zhejiang University]]
| signature           = Xie Xuren Signature.png
| caption             = Xie in 2011
}}
{{Chinese
| t = 謝旭人
| s = 谢旭人
| p = Xiè Xùrén
}}

'''Xie Xuren''' ({{zh|s=谢旭人}}; born October 1947) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2013 as the Chair of the [[National Council for Social Security Fund]]. Previously he served as [[Minister of Finance (China)|Minister of Finance]] of [[People's Republic of China]], and [[Director-General]] of the [[State Administration of Taxation]]. He was also a member of the [[17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]].

==Biography==
Xie was born in 1947 in [[Ningbo]], Zhejiang province. Xie first worked for Ningbo Zhenhai Machinery Factory. At beginning, Xie was in charge of the factory's general facilities, but later he was promoted to its vice-president. Xie joined the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in 1980.

From September 1981 to January 1984, Xie studied at [[Zhejiang University]] in Hangzhou and majored in industrial [[finance]] management. Soon after graduation, Xie joined local government of [[Yuyao]], a county (currently a city) of Ningbo, and he was the subprefect of Yuyao. Later Xie was transferred to [[Yinzhou District, Ningbo|Yin County]], a county (now a core district) of Ningbo, and became the head of the county. In September 1985, Xie was promoted to the provincial government of Zhejiang Province in Hangzhou. He was the Director of Zhejiang Provincial Economic Information Center.

Xie was also a senior economist in the government. In May 1990, Xie was promoted to the Ministry of Finance of China's central government in [[Beijing]]. In 1998, he became governor of the [[Agricultural Development Bank of China]]. In 2002, he was selected as an alternate of the 16th CPC Central Committee, until 2007. From 2003-2007, he was the Director-General and  [[Secretary-General]] of the State Administration of Taxation of P.R.China. In 2007, he was pointed to be the Minister of Finance of P.R.China. And then became a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

Xie was also one of the leaders representing China during the [[U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue]] in 2009.

==Policies and reform==
===Abolishment of agricultural taxes===

In 2005, in about 28 provinces (including [[autonomous region]]s and [[municipalities]]), the agricultural taxes were cancelled. From 1949 to 2005, the total income of China's national agricultural taxes was about 420 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] [[Renminbi|yuan]].

On 1 January 2006, the old regulations and laws about agricultural taxes were abolished, since then all agricultural taxes (except for [[tobacco]]) have been cancelled in mainland China, thus ended China's 2600-year history of agricultural taxes.<ref>[http://www.gdstcn-n-tax.gov.cn/News_Show2.asp?NewsID=42 谢旭人在纪念废止农业税条例暨全面取消农业税座谈会上的讲话]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Revenue===

In 2007, China's revenue reached a new historic height at 5.13 [[10^12|trillion]] yuan.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080830104417/http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2008-08/27/content_9723017.htm 谢旭人:2007年全国财政收入51321.78亿]</ref>

Although since late 2008, China has also been heavily influenced by the [[2008 financial crisis]], Xie stated on January 5, 2009 that 2008 China's revenue (tax income) "are expected to breakthrough 6 trillion yuan", which would be an over 20% increase of 2007.<ref>[http://forex.jrj.com.cn/2009/01/0522063242135.shtml 谢旭人：2008年中国财政收入料突破六万亿元]</ref>

==See also==
*[[China Economic Stimulus Program]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://chinavitae.net/biography/Xie_Xuren Xie Xuren Biography from ChinaVitae]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080104204534/http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2003-04/02/content_810860.htm Brief introduction from Xinhuanet.com]

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