economy - Fan Gang returned to action

Yet another development I have missed. Professor Fan Gang has become a member of the monetary policy committee of the People's Bank of China, China's central bank. For a presentation in Australia he will talk about the nonsense of talk about upcoming revaluation of the Renminbi, writes AFX here. He is a person to watch. Non only is he a very nice person, speaks perfect English (although he picked it only up after he returned from the US, he told me once), he might have a more relaxed way in dealing with publicity too.
In the second half of the 1990s he was so much wanted for conferences and meetings on China, I sometimes wondered whether any other Chinese professors would ever match his popularity as a speaker. Fortunately, that has changed and more Chinese speakers are able to get a message across. Fan Gang seems to have dived more into the corporate business, but might appear a bit more in his new function.