In March 2026, Bank of Chengdu made significant personnel changes. On March 12, the Sichuan Regulatory Bureau of the National Financial Supervisory Administration officially approved the qualifications of Huang Jianjun as a director and chairman; a week later, on March 20, the board appointed Qi Jiao Jiao and Zhou Zhi Chen as vice presidents of the company.
This trillion-level city commercial bank is accelerating the generational transition of its management team, using a combination of &#34;experience + new talent, business + risk control&#34; to prepare for the next stage of high-quality development.
&#34;Post-75&#34; Huang Jianjun at the Helm
In August 2025, the former chairman of Bank of Chengdu, Wang Hui, resigned due to organizational work adjustments, and Huang Jianjun was nominated as the chairman candidate. Six months later, the regulatory approval was finalized, and this &#34;post-75&#34; financial veteran officially took charge of the trillion-level city commercial bank.
Huang Jianjun has deep ties with Bank of Chengdu. His public resume shows that he was born in November 1975 and started from the grassroots level at Chengdu Commercial Bank (the predecessor of Bank of Chengdu), serving as the head of the secretariat, deputy director of the office, director of the board office, and general manager of the corporate business department. He later served as the president of the High-tech Branch and the party secretary and president of the Xi'an Branch, and was promoted to vice president in 2016. In 2020, he was transferred to serve as the president of Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank, and in 2022, he was promoted to chairman, taking charge of this trillion-level rural commercial bank.
This &#34;return&#34; is seen by the outside world as a key part of the &#34;leadership exchange&#34; between Bank of Chengdu and Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank. The former chairman of Bank of Chengdu, Wang Hui, was concurrently transferred to serve as the party secretary and chairman of Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank, achieving a core executive exchange between the two trillion-level banks based in Chengdu.
This cross-bank executive adjustment is not only a coordinated arrangement for the allocation of local financial resources but also facilitates business collaboration and mutual learning between the two banks in the context of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle construction.
The Youngest 38-Year-Old Vice President + Regulatory Female Executive's Golden Partnership
Alongside Huang Jianjun's new appointment, Bank of Chengdu simultaneously appointed two vice presidents to fill management gaps.
Zhou Zhi Chen, born in March 1988, is 38 years old and holds a full-time master's degree in International Currency and Banking from the University of Birmingham in the UK. His resume covers core business sectors of joint-stock banks and rural commercial banks: he previously served as the assistant general manager of the corporate business management department at the Chengdu Branch of Pudong Development Bank and as the deputy general manager (acting) of the investment banking department; he later joined Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank, serving as the general manager of the investment banking department and the general manager of the corporate finance department (green finance department).
This 38-year-old vice president candidate has set a record as the youngest vice president of an A-share listed city commercial bank. His professional background focuses on corporate finance, investment banking, and green finance, and he is familiar with the financing needs of local enterprises in Sichuan and the operational rules of the capital market.
Qi Jiao Jiao, born in August 1979, holds a full-time master's degree in finance from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and has a background rooted in the front line of local financial regulation in Chengdu. She has served as the deputy director of the Securities and Insurance Division of the Financial Office of Chengdu Municipal Government, the director of the Local Financial Development Division of the Chengdu Financial Work Bureau, the director of the Second Division of Local Financial Supervision of the Chengdu Local Financial Supervision Administration, and finally served as the director of the Risk Prevention and Control Division of the Municipal Party Committee's Financial Office
With over twenty years of regulatory experience, she is well-versed in the regulatory policies, compliance management requirements, and risk disposal logic of local financial institutions, excelling in penetrating supervision and internal control system construction.
The combination of &#34;business innovator + regulatory expert&#34; precisely matches the current development needs of Bank of Chengdu: it is necessary to strengthen corporate business and investment banking innovation while solidifying compliance and risk control defenses.
&#34;Age Gap&#34; and &#34;Growth Bottleneck&#34;
This personnel adjustment also indicates the core demand for optimizing the age structure of the management team at Bank of Chengdu. Public information shows that among the original senior management team, two vice presidents are nearing retirement age, making the need for a younger and tiered management team urgent. Once the qualifications of Zhou Zhichen and Qi Jiao jiao are approved, the bank will form a more complete team, significantly lowering the average age of the management team and establishing a tiered structure that combines the old, middle-aged, and young.
The deeper motivation lies in the operational challenges faced by Bank of Chengdu.
From the performance data, the bank's revenue and net profit growth rates have been slowing for several consecutive years. As a leading city commercial bank in the western region, Bank of Chengdu has significant advantages in corporate business, especially in government finance and infrastructure credit, but is also highly dependent on traditional interest income.
In terms of compliance management, in December 2025, Bank of Chengdu was fined a total of 7.25 million yuan due to imprudent management of related loans, deposits, discounting, and bill business, marking the largest fine in recent years for the bank. This penalty exposed vulnerabilities in the bank's compliance management and highlighted the need to improve risk control awareness.
Can youth bring new vitality?
This personnel adjustment aligns with the trend of younger, more professional, and diverse senior management in listed city commercial banks. In recent years, the number of post-80s executives in A-share city commercial banks has continued to grow, with banks such as Bank of Ningbo, Guiyang Bank, and Suzhou Bank all having post-80s vice presidents, indicating that young talent is becoming an important support for driving bank transformation.
How will young executives quickly adapt to the management rhythm of a trillion-yuan bank and translate frontline business experience into strategic decision-making capabilities at the headquarters? How will executives with regulatory backgrounds balance compliance control and business innovation to avoid overly stringent risk control that limits development vitality? How will the new and old teams quickly integrate and form a collaborative force? These will test the capabilities and wisdom of the new management team.
Stable Performance Supports Personnel Layout
Behind the personnel adjustment is the solid foundation of Bank of Chengdu's stable fundamentals.
Everbright Securities analysis points out that Bank of Chengdu's net interest margin has continued to stabilize since the second quarter of 2025, and the benefits of previous rounds of deposit rate cuts will gradually be released, further alleviating the pressure of narrowing interest margins.
Because of its stable fundamentals, this personnel adjustment is viewed more as a strategic layout for the future—while maintaining asset quality and consolidating corporate advantages, it accelerates the cultivation of &#34;second growth curves&#34; such as retail, wealth management, and fintech.
In the context of narrowing net interest margins, intensified competition, and stricter regulation in the banking industry, whether Bank of Chengdu can find a precise balance between stability and transformation, maintaining its leading advantage in asset quality while opening up new growth points in retail transformation and wealth management, will be the core issue facing the new management team
With the official assumption of office by the two new vice presidents, Bank of Chengdu will continue to lead the way on the path of high-quality development with a younger posture and more professional capabilities

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Chengdu Bank has recently seen significant personnel changes, with 38-year-old Huang Jianjun appointed as Chairman, and Qi Jiao Jiao and Zhou Zhichen hired as Vice Presidents, marking a trend towards a younger management team and generational transition. Huang Jianjun has extensive experience in the financial industry, having held important positions in several banks. This personnel adjustment is viewed as an executive exchange between two trillion-level banks, which will aid in resource allocation and business synergy. Newly appointed Vice President Zhou Zhichen holds a master's degree in International Currency and Banking and has served in core business positions at multiple banks

Are bank executives collectively "getting younger"? The 38-year-old vice president of Bank of Chengdu takes office, and a female regulator is in place