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Hu Wenming
Hu Wenming (; born May 1957) is a retired Chinese business executive who served as chairman of China State Shipbuilding Corporation between 2012 and 2019. In May 2020, he has been placed under investigation as Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's continues an anti-graft dragnet at all levels of government, military and ruling Communist Party. His subordinate, Sun Bo, was placed under investigation for alleged graft and corruption on June 16, 2018. Biography Hu was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, in May 1957. In November 1975, he became a sent-down youth in Chi'an Township, Ganjiang County. In March 1978, after the resumption of college entrance examination, he was accepted to Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where he majored in mathematics. After graduating in February 1982, he was assigned to Suzhou Changfeng Machinery Plant, where he successively served as assistant director, deputy director, and director. In July 2001, he was transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hu (surname)
Hu (Wikt:胡, 胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese sharing this surname. In 2019, Hu was the fifteenth most common surname in Mainland China. Some other, less common surnames pronounced Hu include Wikt:瓠, 瓠, Wikt:護, 護, Wikt:戶, 戶, Wikt:扈, 扈, Wikt:虎, 虎, Wikt:呼, 呼, Wikt:忽, 忽, Wikt:斛, 斛 and Wikt:壺, 壶. In Cantonese, “胡” is also pronounced as "Wu" or "Woo" or "Ow". Meaning In Classical Chinese, ''hú'' 胡 meant: "dewlap; wattle (anatomy), wattle" and was a variant Chinese character for "how; why; what" (''he'' Wikt:何, 何), "long-lasting; far-reaching" (''xia'' Wikt:遐, 遐), "part of a dagger-axe", ''hu-'' in "butterfly" (''hudie'' Wikt:蝴蝶, 蝴蝶), or possibly "Northern Barbarians". History According to tradition, the Hu (胡) surname has several historical origins. First, Hu could derive from the family of Duke Hu of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Aviation Industry Corporation I
China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I) was a Chinese consortium of aircraft manufacturers. The consortium was created on 1 July 1999 by splitting the state-owned consortium Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) into AVIC I and AVIC II. AVIC I was historically focused on large planes such as bombers (Xian H-6, Xian JH-7), medium commercial planes (ARJ21), or fighter planes ( J-7, J-8, J-10, J-11 and JF-17), while AVIC II was focused on smaller planes and helicopters. On 28 October 2008, the companies officially consolidated back into one organization to more efficiently manage resources and avoid redundant projects. Subsidiaries * Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group * Guizhou Aircraft Industry Co. * Shanghai Aviation Industrial Company * Shenyang Aircraft Corporation * Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation Other Units * ACAC consortium * Comac See also * China Aviation Industry Corporation * China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation * People's Liberation Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1957 Births
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Supervisory Commission
National Supervisory Commission of the People's Republic of China is the highest anti-corruption agency of the People's Republic of China, at the same administrative ranking as Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate. Its operations are merged with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party. The National Supervision Commission was formed at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress in 2018. The Commission includes the director, deputy director, and ordinary members and the director is appointed by the National People's Congress. Background The National Supervisory Commission was formed as part of a series of reforms to China's anti-corruption system during the first term of Xi Jinping as General Secretary of the Communist Party. The NSC roots originated from the imperial Chinese supervision system which originated in the Qin and Han dynasties. The system has been functioning for more than two thousand yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Commission For Discipline Inspection
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest internal control institution of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), tasked with enforcing internal rules and regulations and combating corruption and malfeasance in the party. Since the vast majority of officials at all levels of government are also Communist Party members, the commission is in practice the top anti-corruption body in China. The modern commission was established at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee in December 1978. Control systems had existed previously under the name "Central Control Commission" for a brief period in 1927 and again between 1955 and 1968, and under its present name from 1949 to 1955. It was disbanded during the Cultural Revolution in 1969. In 1993, the internal operations of the agency and the government's Ministry of Supervision (MOS) were merged. Although the commission is theoretically independent of the CCP's executive institutions such as the Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Central Commission For Discipline Inspection
The 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) was elected at the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party on 14 November 2012. Its 1st Plenary Session elected the Secretary, deputy secretaries and the 18th Standing Committee of the CCDI. Members * Yu Chunsheng * Ma Yongxia (female) * Wang Wei () * Wang Wei () * Wang Changhe * Wang Dongfeng * Wang Liying (female) * Wang Zhongtian — formally expelled from the party at the Seventh Plenum in January 2017. * Wang Huaqing * Wang Huisheng * Wang Qishan * Wang Huaichen * Wang Zhongmin * Wang Hemin * Wang Yilin * Wang Xiaolong * Wang Jiasheng * Wang Binyi * Wang Sentai * Wang Ruisheng * Dainzhub Ongboin (Tibetan) * Yin Jinhua * Shi Shenglong (Manchu) * Ye Qingchun * Shen Weichen — expelled at Fifth Plenum in January 2015. * Fu Jianhua * Feng Huimin (female) * Ning Gaoning * Hong Qiang (female) * Qu Qingshan * Qu Shuhui (female) — demoted and put on two-year party probation in July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norinco
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited, doing business internationally as Norinco Group (North Industries Corporation), and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited (), is a Chinese state-owned defense corporation that manufactures a diverse range of commercial and military products. Norinco Group is one of the world's largest defense contractors. The company's subsidiary, China North Industries Corporation (), or simply Norinco, markets Norinco Group's products internationally, and is also involved in domestic civil construction and military defense projects. History Established in 1980 with the approval of the State Council of China, Norinco is an enterprise group engaged in both products and capital operation, integrated with research and development, manufacturing, marketing and services. Norinco mainly deals with defense products, petroleum & mineral resources development, international engineering contracting, optronic products, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviation Industry Corporation Of China
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air balloons and airships. Aviation began in the 18th century with the development of the hot air balloon, an apparatus capable of atmospheric displacement through buoyancy. Some of the most significant advancements in aviation technology came with the controlled gliding flying of Otto Lilienthal in 1896; then a large step in significance came with the construction of the first powered airplane by the Wright brothers in the early 1900s. Since that time, aviation has been technologically revolutionized by the introduction of the jet which permitted a major form of transport throughout the world. Etymology The word ''aviation'' was coined by the French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863. He derived the term from the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China State Shipbuilding Corporation
The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is a Chinese shipbuilding conglomerate. Description CSSC is one of the top 10 defence groups in China. It consists of various shipyards, equipment manufacturers, research institutes and shipbuilding-related companies that build both civilian and military ships. It owns some of the most well known shipbuilders in China, such as Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company, Jiangnan Shipyard, Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding and Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard. Its subsidiary, China CSSC Holdings Limited (), is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and in turn owns other subsidiaries including Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding. History Early developments In 1964, the Sixth Ministry of Machine Building was createdCollins and Grubb, pg. 6 to oversee China's shipbuilding enterprises, which were predominantly engaged in military work.Medeiros et al., pg. 113 In July 1982,Collins and Grubb, pg. 7 as part of defence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan News
''Taiwan News'' (formerly ''China News'') is an English-language online newspaper in Taiwan. It is owned by foods company I-Mei Foods, which also publishes the Chinese-language news weekly of the same name. History ''China News'' was founded on 6 June 1949 in Taipei by James Wei, a journalist with close ties to the KMT and former employee of the Ministry of Information. The newspaper was established to cater for foreign residents and the local population in Taiwan. At the time it was the only English-language daily newspaper in Taiwan and it was a newspaper published in the afternoon. Later on, in order to compete with its new competitor, ''China News'' had to change and was published in the morning in order not to lose its advertisements. In 1960, the newspaper switched to block printing in a full-size page format. Wei left the newspaper in 1965. Wei was also a Reuters correspondent and deputy director of the Central News Agency. During his later years he was the sixth Direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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