Zhang Shuguang (engineer)

Not to be confused with Zhang Shuguang, the former provincial leader of Hebei and Inner Mongolia.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Shuguang (Chinese: 张曙光; born December 1956) was the deputy chief engineer of Ministry of Railways and the deputy chief designer of the Chinese high-speed railway. He has since been fired for corruption in the high-speed rail projects.[1] He is estimated to have misappropriated $2.8 billion to his personal overseas accounts.[2]

Zhang was born in Shanghai but is considered a native of his ancestral home Liyang, Jiangsu by Chinese convention. He graduated from Lanzhou Railway University in 1982.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Off the rails? economist.com| 31 March 2011
  2. ↑ A Body, a Scandal and China| By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF nyt.com April 21, 2012
  3. ↑ "科学中国人2008年度候选人：张曙光".