Bao Kexin (; June 1952 – 10 August 2019) was a Chinese politician and business executive. He served as Vice Governor of

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

Province and CEO and Chairman of China Grain Reserves Corporation (Sinograin), a major

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Biography

Bao was born in June 1952 in

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

, China. During the

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, he was a

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Yanggao County Yanggao County is a county in the northeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and Hebei province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Datong. History Yanggao was formerl ...

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Province from 1968 to 1978. He joined the

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in 1973. He studied at

Shanxi University of Finance and Economics Shanxi University of Finance and Economics (''abbr. as'' SXUFE) ), founded in 1951, is one of the earliest financial universities in China. The university sticks to highlighting the academic characteristics and advantages of Economics and Manageme ...

from 1978 to 1979, and at Beijing Economics Institute from 1979 to 1982. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in trade and economics, he worked for two decades at the State Planning Commission (later State Development Planning Commission). In July 2001, he became Director of the Department of Investment of the State Development Planning Commission. In August 2002, Bao was appointed Vice Governor of

Province in Southwest China. In April 2007, Bao was appointed CEO of China Grain Reserves Corporation (Sinograin), a major

, before becoming Chairman in April 2012. His tenure at Sinograin was highly controversial, as the company was accused of interfering with China's grain market, and dozens of its managers were convicted of corruption. Li Changxuan (李长轩), Chairman of Sinograin's subsidiary in

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

Province, was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes. Bao was dismissed in October 2015 and replaced as Chairman by Zhao Shuanglian (赵双连). Bao was a delegate to the 11th and 12th National People's Congress, and served as a member of the

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. Bao died on 10 August 2019 in Beijing at the age of 67.

References

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