Person
Wang Liang
China Merchants Bank executive who was promoted from Executive Vice President to President of the bank in April 2022.
Background
Wang Liang, born in December 1965, is president of China Merchants Bank. In April 2022, then China Merchants Bank president Tian Huiyu was placed under investigation, and then vice president Wang Liang took over as president. According to a Caixin report in April 2026, Wang Liang was still in office at that time and attended China Merchants Bank’s 2025 results briefing at the end of March 2026.
China Merchants Bank is a national joint-stock commercial bank under China Merchants Group Limited; by the end of 2025 its assets exceeded 13 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 80% of China Merchants Group’s assets. After Wang Liang became president, China Merchants Bank made some personnel adjustments, among them Wang Xiaoqing, who was appointed vice president of China Merchants Bank from January 2023 and concurrently served as president of the Shenzhen branch from February of the same year.
Last updated 18 October 2026