Kang Rixin
Kang Rixin (Chinese: 康日新; August 1953 -) is formerly the chief manager of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and a high-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the People's Republic of China.
He was born in Datong, Shanxi Province, and graduated from the department of nuclear engineering of Shanghai Jiaotong University in August 1978. He joined the Communist Party of China in December 1982. In January 2005, he graduated from the graduate school of the Central Party School, majoring in economics management. In June 2005, he obtained an EMBA certificate from Tsinghua University. He is a senior engineer at the researcher level.
Formerly party chief at China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Rixin was fired from the position on 14 August 2009, having been accused of 'grave violations of duty' a phrase normally indicating corruption and graft.
Other press reports linked Rixin to several million dollars of corrupt payments from Areva, a leading French nuclear engineering company, active in the new nuclear markets in Asia and SE Asia.
Kang was a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was officially expelled the 10/18/2010 after the fifth plenary session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China endorsed a decision from the 29 December 2009 made by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to strip him of his CPC membership.[1]
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- ^ (Chinese)General Manager of CNNC, Kang Rixin, Newly Elected CPC Central Committee Member chinanews.com
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