hsbc holdings plc promoted jing liu to lead its china economics coverage after the departure of predecessor qu hongbin ms liu was appointed the banks chief economist for china hong kong and taiwan according to a memo seen monday by the wall street journal hsbc hired ms liu in 2021 as a senior economist covering the same region she previously worked at the hong kong monetary authority and the bank for international settlements the memo said she will continue to work out of hong kong reporting to frederic neumann the banks chief asia economist and its cohead of research for the asiapacific region mr qu who had worked for hsbc for more than 20 years resigned for personal reasons the bank said he left this month his linkedin profile showed