Meng Wei is a former Chinese politician and environmentalist who served as president of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences from 2001 to 2016.
11 Facts About Meng Wei
1.
2.
Meng Wei was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
3.
Meng Wei was a deputy to the 11th and 12th National People's Congress.
4.
Meng Wei was the first notable figure implicated in corruption following the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party on October 24,2017.
5.
Meng Wei is the third academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering whose title has been revoked in the past two years, after Li Ning and Zhou Guotai.
6.
Meng Wei has been stripped of his post and party membership on April 4,2018.
7.
Meng Wei was born in Qingdao, Shandong in September 1956.
8.
Meng Wei entered the workforce in November 1976, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1997.
9.
Meng Wei was appointed director of the Science and Technology Department of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, in July 1997, becoming vice-president in January 1999 and dean and president in December 2001.
10.
On November 10,2017, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Meng had been placed under investigation for "serious legal violations".
11.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement that Meng Wei violated the eight-point code on Party, went in and out of private clubs in violation of regulations, sought benefits for others in terms of job promotions, and illegally transferred shares and resulted huge losses of state-owned assets.