Mr. Shixin Chen is the Vice-President (Operations I) Of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is responsible for operations in the South Asia Department and the Central and West Asia Department.

Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Chen headed the Department Of International Economic and Financial Cooperation at the Ministry of Finance Of the People's Republic Of China (PRC).

Mr. Chen held senior positions in the Ministry Of Finance of PRC, overseeing areas of public finance and partnerships with multilateral development banks. He was a Board Director in the ADB's Trust Fund Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility from 2012 to 2014. He was World Bank's Executive Director for the PRC from 2013 to 2016 and a Board Director for the PRC in the New Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank from 2016 to 2018.