Lei Fanpei (; born May 1963) is a Chinese executive and politician who served as chairman of the board of China Shipbuilding Group from 2018 to 2022. Previously he served as chairman of the board of

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, or CASC, is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has subsidiaries which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic ...

. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Lei was born in Heyang County,

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

, in May 1963. In 1980, he enrolled at

Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU; ) is a national key public research university in Xi'an, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The university is a Chinese national Class A Double ...

where he received his bachelor's degree in 1984 and his master's degree in 1987 both in rocket engine. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

(CCP) in January 1985. After University in April 1987, he was assigned to the 067 Base of

Ministry of Aerospace Industry The Ministry of Aerospace Industry of the People's Republic of China () was a government ministry responsible for its national space program. This ministry was split into the China National Space Administration and China Aerospace Science and Tech ...

(now China Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology, also known as the 6th Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation), where he eventually becoming deputy director and than director in 1997. In February 2005, he became deputy general manager of the

, rising to general manager in April 2013. He rose to become chairman of the board in May 2014. He was appointed chairman of the board of

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 shipb ...

in March 2018, concurrently serving as party branch secretary.

References

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