Hu Haifeng (; born November 1972) is a Chinese politician and the son of Hu Jintao, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Paramount leader of China. He is currently the CCP Committee Secretary of Lishui, Zhejiang, and previously the deputy CCP Committee Secretary and mayor of Jiaxing.

Life and career

Hu graduated with a degree in Computer Science from

Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University (Chinese: 北京交通大学), formerly Northern Jiaotong University, is one of the oldest public universities in mainland China. The main campus is located in the Haidian District in central Beijing. Its coordinates ...

and Executive MBA from the School of Economics and Management at

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Project ...

. Hu married fellow Tsinghua graduate Wang Jun, who is now assistant at School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua.Hu Haifeng was the chairman of Nuctech, a

-owned company created in the late 1990s to make large

scanners ''Scanners'' is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic ...

for shipping, trucking containers and

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s, as well as luggage scanners and metal detectors for airports.After Hu became chairman of the company, it was granted a near-monopoly by the central authorities on the lucrative market for selling security equipment to airports in China. In 2009, the company had roughly 90% of the domestic market. Chinese investment in airport security has risen sharply after the September 11 attacks.In 2008, Hu Haifeng was promoted to

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secretary of Tsinghua Holdings, which controls Nuctech and more than 20 other companies.Taipeitimes.com.
Taipeitimes.com
" ''China Internet blackout linked to leader’s son.'' Retrieved on July 27, 2009.In July 2009, the Namibian government charged Nuctech with corruption. The company has been the focus for repeated allegations of unfair competition in the European Union, and also for corruption and abuse of office in the Philippines. In South Africa, investigations of corruption are underway regarding a contract obtained by the company for the sale of scanners amounting to 380 million Rand (US$54 million).AsiaNews.it: ''Investigation into NucTech corruption expands, the company formerly headed by Hu Haifeng'

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Sources

*Wall Street Journal Asia ("Firm of Hu's son gets scanner pact at China airports" December 13)

References

Businesspeople from Gansu Living people Hu Jintao family Children of national leaders of China 1972 births Tsinghua University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Gansu Mayors of places in China Chinese Communist Party politicians from Gansu {{China-politician-stub