Chen Liangyu
| Chen Liangyu | |
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| 陈良宇 | |
| Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai | |
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In office October 2002 – September 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Huang Ju |
| Succeeded by | Han Zheng (acting) |
| Mayor of Shanghai | |
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In office December 2001 – February 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Xu Kuangdi |
| Succeeded by | Han Zheng |
| Personal details | |
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October 24, 1946 Shanghai, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China (expelled) |
| Spouse(s) | Huang Yiling |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳良宇 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 陈良宇 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chén Liángyǔ |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | [zəŋ][liã][jy] |
Chen Liangyu (born 24 October 1946 in Shanghai) is a disgraced Chinese politician best known for his tenure as the Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai, the city's top office, from 2002 to his dismissal in 2006, and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China.
Chen worked in Shanghai for his entire public life, serving as mayor from 2001–2003. Chen took on numerous mega-projects while he was mayor, contributed to the city's economic development, and was instrumental in Shanghai's bid to host the 2010 World Expo. Chen, a prominent member of the Shanghai clique, was also known for his political partisanship and opposition to the macro-economic control policies of the Hu-Wen Administration.
Chen was dismissed in September 2006 for corruption charges related to the misuse of money in Shanghai's social security fund. In April 2008, Chen was sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of financial fraud, abuse of power, and accepting bribery.
Chen graduated from the People's Liberation Army Institute of Logistics Engineering, majoring in architecture. He had two years of experience working in the military between 1968–1970 as part of the PLA 6716 Squadron. From September 1970 to March 1983, Chen worked at the Shanghai Pengpu Machinery Factory as a worker and estimator. He was eventually promoted to capital construction branch vice-section chief. He also went on a year-long sabbatical to Tongji University. In March 1983 he was promoted to become deputy plant manager of the Shanghai Pengpu machine factory, as well as the party committee deputy secretary of the Shanghai Metallurgy Mining Machinery Company. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1980. By March 1984, Chen gained further promotion, becoming the CPC Secretary for Shanghai's Electronic Appliances Bureau. Between January 1985 and February 1987 he became bureau chief and assistant commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee – Old cadre bureau. In February 1987, Chen gained a posting as the new magistrate for Huangpu District in Shanghai. He went on sabbatical studying public administration at the University of Birmingham from January to September 1992 through a UK government funded Chevening Scholarship.
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