Chang Xiaobing is a Chinese former business executive.
12 Facts About Chang Xiaobing
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Chang Xiaobing served as the chairman of China Unicom from 2004 to 2015, and the chairman of China Telecom in 2015.
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On December 27,2015, Chang was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency.
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Chang Xiaobing is the first head of telecommunications in China implicated since the beginning of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive after he took power in late 2012.
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Chang Xiaobing was joined Chinese Communist Party in 1976 and graduated from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1982.
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Chang Xiaobing became the engineer of the Post and Telecommunication Office of Lu'an, the vice-director of the Telecom Office of Nanjing since 1982.
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In February 2000, Chang Xiaobing became the director of the Telecommunications Authority of the Ministry of Information Industry.
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In 2004, Chang Xiaobing became the chairman of China Unicom until August 2015.
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Chang Xiaobing became the chairman of China Telecom in August 2015.
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Chang Xiaobing was a member of the 16th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the 12th National People's Congress.
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Chang Xiaobing was expelled from the Communist Communist Party on July 11,2016, as he had "took bribes, interfered in the anti-graft agency's inspection and violated state-owned enterprise corporate governance rules", and will face prosecution.
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On May 31,2017, Chang Xiaobing was sentenced to 6 years in prison for taking bribes worth 3.76 million yuan by the Intermediate People's Court in Baoding.