On December 30, 2017, Zhou Xiaochuan, secretary of the CPC Committee and governor of the People's Bank of China (PBC), visited the Investment Center of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) to meet with officials for the operation and management of foreign exchange reserves, accompanied by Yi Gang, deputy secretary of the CPC Committee and deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, Pan Gongsheng, member of the CPC Committee and deputy governor of the PBC and administrator of the SAFE, and Yin Yong, member of the CPC Committee and deputy governor of the PBC, and Lu Lei, deputy administrator of the SAFE.  

On behalf of the CPC Committee of the PBC, Zhou Xiaochuan showed his care for every official involved in the operation and management of foreign exchange reserves and confirmed the accomplishments already achieved in this regard. According to Zhou Xiaochuan, the year 2017 was key to the implementation of the 13th Five-year Plan and also witnessed the deepening of the supply-side structural reform. In the face of complex reform tasks and economic and financial conditions both at home and abroad, the Investment Center was committed to the implementation of the gist of the 19th CPC National Congress, the National Financial Work Conference and the Central Economic Work Conference under the leadership of the Central Committee and the State Council. By focusing on serving the real economy, guarding against financial risks and deepening the financial reform, the Investment Center pushed forward the operation and management efforts and ensured the security, flows and preservation and maintenance of the value of assets, making great contribution to serving the national development strategy and safeguarding economic and financial security.

Zhou emphasized that the year 2018 marks the first year to implement the gist of the 19th CPC National Congress and the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening up, and is crucial to the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects. Following the gist of the 19th CPC National Congress and Xi Jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, officials involved in the operation and management of foreign exchange reserves shall keep in mind their mission and purpose and forge ahead in a down-to-earth manner to promote the operation and management of foreign exchange reserves to a new high, better serve the real economy and the new pattern of reform and opening up and strive for the fulfillment of the Chinese dream of great national rejuvenation.