Zhang Rongkun (; born 1973 in
Suzhou,
Jiangsu
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) is one of the richest men in China; he was listed as China's 16th richest man on
Forbes
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's 2005 list of the richest people in China. Zhang was a member of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and is currently the chairman of Fuxi Investment Holding Company and is a major shareholder in
Shanghai Electric Group. He was a member of the board of directors on Shanghai Electric Group until his resignation in August 2006. In 2008 Zhang was convicted of giving government employees $4.1 million in bribes and was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
See also
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Chen Liangyu
Chen Liangyu (; born October 24, 1946, in Shanghai) is a Chinese politician best known for his tenure as the Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai, the city's top office, and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, from 200 ...
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Huang Ju
Huang Ju (28 September 1938 – 2 June 2007) was a Chinese politician and a high-ranking leader in the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision making body, between 2002 until his death in ...
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Qin Yu
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Zhu Junyi
References
1973 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Suzhou
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