Sun Bo (executive)

Sun Bo
孙波
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Alma materDalian University of Technology
Occupation(s)Executive, engineer
Years active1982–2018
AgentChina Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC)
Political partyChinese Communist Party (expelled)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Bō

Sun Bo (Chinese: 孙波; born 1961) is a Chinese business executive and engineer who served as General Manager of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC). He was arrested for allegedly giving classified details about the Liaoning to the CIA.[1]

On June 16, 2018, he was placed under investigation for alleged graft and corruption. Later reports suggested that Sun had handed over key details of the aircraft carrier Liaoning to CIA.[2] 

  1. ^ "大老虎"孙波落马 曾任职船舶领域国企高层多年. 163.com (in Chinese). 2018-06-17.
  2. ^ Strong, Matthew (June 22, 2018). "China shipyard manager might have leaked Liaoning secrets to CIA". Taiwan News. While initial suspicion focused on graft and corruption, later reports suggested that Sun might have handed over key details of the Liaoning project to CIA agents.