Zhang Shuguang (; born December 1956) was the deputy chief engineer of the

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and the deputy chief designer of China's high-speed railway. Zhang was born in

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but is considered a native of his

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by Chinese convention. He graduated from Lanzhou Railway University in 1982. An associate of former Minister of Railways

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, Zhang was fired in February 2011 soon after Liu was arrested for corruption. In October 2014, Zhang was convicted by a Beijing court of taking bribes worth more than (US$7.7 million) over a span of 11 years. He was given a suspended death sentence. Liu Zhijun had received the same sentence in 2013. Zhang's deputy Su Shunhu was also convicted of taking bribes and sentenced to life.

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