Chen Chuanping

Chen Chuanping
陈川平
Communist Party Secretary of Taiyuan
In office
September 2010 – August 2014
Preceded byShen Weichen
Succeeded byWu Zhenglong
Vice-Governor of Shanxi
In office
January 2008 – November 2010
GovernorWang Jun
Personal details
BornFebruary 1962 (age 62)
Pinglu County, Shanxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1985–2015, expelled)
Alma materShenyang University
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Chuānpíng

Chen Chuanping (Chinese: 陈川平; born February 1962) is a former Chinese politician and businessman. Chen spent 26 years in state-owned Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd, he served as the president of Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. from 2001 to 2008.[1] He served as the Communist Party Secretary of Taiyuan between 2010 and 2014. Alongside Ling Jihua, Bai Yun, and others, he was removed from office in August 2014 for corruption, tried on charges of bribery, and sentenced to six years in prison.