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 Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, CCP Committee Secretary of Lishui, Zhejiang, and previously the Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary, deputy CCP Committee Secretary and mayor of Jiaxing.

Life and career

Hu graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Beijing Jiaotong University and Executive MBA from the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University. 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 Tsinghua University-owned company created in the late 1990s to make large Image scanner, scanners for shipping, Intermodal container, trucking containers and railway cars, 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 Chinese Communist Party, Communist Party Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, secretary of Tsinghua Holdings, which controls Nuctech and more than 20 other companies.Taipeitimes.com.
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" ''China Internet blackout linked to leader’s son.'' Retrieved on July 27, 2009.In July 2009, the Namibian government charged Nuctech#2008 Namibian corruption case, 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