Liu Baohua

Liu Baohua (Chinese: 刘宝华; born August 1963) is a former Chinese politician. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in October 2020.[1] Previously he served as deputy director of National Energy Administration.[2][3]

Liu Baohua
刘宝华
Deputy Director of National Energy Administration
In office
August 2017 – October 2020
DirectorNur Bekri→Zhang Jianhua.
Personal details
BornAugust 1963 (age 57)
Ningjin County, Hebei, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materBeijing Normal University
Hebei University
North China Electric Power University
Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
OccupationPolitician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese劉寶華
Simplified Chinese刘宝华
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Biography

Liu was born in Ningjin County, Hebei, in August 1963. He entered the workforce in January 1984, and joined the Communist Party of China in October 1985. He earned his master's degree in education from Beijing Normal University and Hebei University. He was a doctoral candidate at North China Electric Power University. He successively worked at the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power, Ministry of Energy Resources, and Ministry of Electric Power between January 1984 and July 1998. Then he worked at the State Economic and Trade Commission. In March 2003 he became the deputy director of the Market Regulation Department of State Electricity Regulatory Commission, rising to director a few years later. In June 2013, he was appointed director of the Market Supervision Department of National Energy Administration. One year later, he was transferred as director of its Department of Nuclear Power. He rose to become deputy director of National Energy Administration in August 2017, serving as an assistant of Nur Bekri and then Zhang Jianhua.[4]

Investigation

On October 17, 2020, he has been placed under investigation for serious violations of laws and regulations by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[5] In December 2019, the National Energy Administration director Nur Bekri was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of accepting more than US$11 million in bribes over a 20-year period.[6]

References
  1. "Deputy head of National Energy Administration under investigation". xinhuanet.com. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. Coco Feng (17 October 2020). "Corruption in China: deputy head of energy agency Liu Baohua under investigation". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. 国家能源局副局长刘宝华被查. qq.com (in Chinese). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (7 September 2017). 綦成元、刘宝华任国家能源局副局长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. Yi Yi (伊一) (17 October 2020). 国家能源局党组成员、副局长刘宝华接受审查调查. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. Mimi Lau (3 December 2019). "Chinese court jails senior ethnic Uygur official for life on corruption charges". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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