Ling Wancheng

Ling Wancheng (Chinese: 令完成; born c. 1960), also known as Wang Cheng (王诚), is a Chinese businessman from Shanxi province. He was born in Pinglu County. He graduated with a degree in economics from Jilin University. After graduating Ling joined the Xinhua news agency. He compiled internal documentation for party officials and worked as a news reporter. He was an editor at Outlook Weekly magazine (《瞭望》). He rose to become the deputy chief of the General Office of the Xinhua news agency. He earned an MBA from Hunan University in 2004. In 2004 he became the CEO of Tiantian Zaixian (天天在线), a subsidiary of China Netcom. Ling, along with associates from his home province of Shanxi, co-founded an investment firm in 2008, and became chief executive of its subsidiary Huijin Lifang Capital Management Ltd. shortly thereafter. Huijin owned a stake in Chinese online entertainment company LeTV.com. Under Ling's leadership, the company was thought to have profited some 300 million yuan ($48.27 million) from the appreciation of LeTV stocks.^[1]

Ling was a golf enthusiast, has won many amateur golf tournaments in Beijing under the pseudonym "Wang Cheng", and was a member of the China Golf Association. In November 2014, Ling was placed under investigation.^[2]

Ling is a member of the prominent Ling political family from Shanxi province. He is the youngest of five siblings. All of his siblings were named after Mao-era Communist Party terminology. His own name, "Wancheng", means "to finish". His elder brothers Ling Jihua and Ling Zhengce are both politicians. All three Ling brothers were placed under investigation in 2014.

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