Cao Keming (; November 1934 – 2 September 2014), also known as "Clear Sky Cao" () and "Contemporary

Bao Zheng Bao Zheng (; 5 March 999 – 3 July 1062), commonly known as Bao Gong (), was a Chinese politician during the reign of Emperor Renzong in China's Song Dynasty. During his twenty-five years in civil service, Bao consistently demonstrated extr ...

" (), was a politician of the

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. He served as Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the

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between February 1998 to March 2003, Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the

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of the

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, from July 1987 to September 2001, and Deputy Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPC between February 1991 to September 2001. He was a delegate to the 13th, 14th and 15th CPC National Congresses and a member of the 9th CPPCC National Committee.

Life

Cao was born and raised in

Nanyang Nanyang is the romanization of two common Chinese place names. It may refer to: Written as 南洋 (Southern Ocean) * Nanyang (region), a Chinese term denoting the Southeast Asian lands surrounding the South China Sea ;China * Nanyang Fleet, Qing ...

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, during the

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. He got involved in politics in November 1951 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1959. Cao worked as a manager at the Nanjing No. 307 Plant for over 20 years. Beginning in 1953, he served in several posts in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, capital of

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province, including group leader, section chief, factory director, and CPC Party Chief. In July 1987, Cao was promoted to become the Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the

, a position he held until September 2001. He also served as Deputy Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPC between February 1991 to September 2001. In 1996, he investigated and prosecuted the illegal fund-raising case of Wuxi Emerging Industrial Company (), and he was awarded "First-Class Merit". In 2002, the corruption case of Ma Xiangdong (; Vice-Mayor of

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) was heard by him. From February 1998 to March 2003, Cao served as the Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the

. In March 2003, he was transferred to

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as the Director of the Chinese Society and Law Committee of CPPCC, he served until March 2008. On 2 September 2014, Cao died in

References

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