Zhang Shuguang (engineer), Date of Birth
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designer of Chinese high-speed rail
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About Zhang Shuguang (engineer)
- Zhang Shuguang (Chinese: ???; born December 1956) was the deputy chief engineer of the Ministry of Railways of China and the deputy chief designer of China's high-speed railway.
- Zhang was born in Shanghai but is considered a native of his ancestral home of Liyang, Jiangsu by Chinese convention.
- He graduated from Lanzhou Railway University in 1982.An associate of former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun, Zhang was fired in February 2011 soon after Liu was arrested for corruption.
- In October 2014, Zhang was convicted by a Beijing court of taking bribes worth more than CNÂ¥47 million (US$7.7 million) over a span of 11 years.
- He was given a suspended death sentence.
- Liu Zhijun had received the same sentence in 2013.
- Zhang's deputy Su Shunhu was also convicted of taking bribes and sentenced to life.
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