Si Xianmin
Si Xianmin | |
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Tư hiến dân | |
 Si Xianmin (right) withEric Garcettiin November 2014 | |
| Born | November 1957 (age 66) Lushan County, Henan,China[1] |
| Alma mater | Civil Aviation Flight University of China Tsinghua University |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman ofChina Southern Airlines(October 2004 – November 2015) General Manager of China Southern Airlines (January 2009 – November 2015) |
| Years active | 1975–2015 |
| Political party | Communist Party of China(1976–2016; expelled) |
Si Xianmin(simplified Chinese:Tư hiến dân;traditional Chinese:Tư hiến dân;pinyin:Sī Xiànmín;born November 1957) is a former Chinese business executive who served as chairman and general manager ofChina Southern Airlines,theworld's sixth-largest airline measured by passengers carriedand Asia'slargest airline in fleet sizeand passengers carried. Si Xiamin spent more than 20 years in China Southern Airlines. He was a delegate to the12th National People's Congress.In November 2015, he was placed under investigation by the Chinese Communist Party'santi-corruption agency.[2][3]He is the first head ofcivil aviationin China implicated since the beginning of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive after he took power in late 2012.[4]
Biography
[edit]Career
[edit]Born in November 1957, Si Xianmin graduated from the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University as well asCivil Aviation Flight University of China.[citation needed]
Beginning in 1975, he worked in China's civil aviation field. In 1992 he enteredChina Southern Airlines,China's largest airline by passenger traffic, he served as its deputy director and then director of Henan Branch Office, he remained in that position until 1998, when he was transferred to southwest China'sGuizhouprovince and appointed the party boss and deputy general manager of Guizhou Branch Office. In 2000 he was transferred again toGuangzhou,capital ofGuangdongprovince, he was elevated to deputy party boss of China Southern Airlines, a position he held until 2003. He was promoted to party boss of its North Branch in 2003, and held that office until October 2004. Then he was promoted again to become its general manager, and he concurrently served as its chairman in January 2009.[citation needed]
Downfall
[edit]Between 26 November 2014 to 30 December 2014, the first team the Communist Party of China's (CPC) top discipline watchdog were tipped off about suspected violations during their checks of China Southern Airlines. It was not long before the company's three deputy general managers Chen Gang (Trần cảng), Xu Jiebo (Từ kiệt ba), Zhou Yuehai (Chu nhạc hải) and operation director Tian Xiaodong (Điền hiểu đông) were sacked for graft.[5]
On November 4, 2015, "Si Xianmin has come under investigation for serious violations of discipline",Central Commission for Discipline Inspection(CCDI), the party's anti-graft watchdog said in a statement on its website, without elaborating.[6]
On February 3, 2016, Si Xianmin was expelled from the Communist Party. The investigation concluded that Si violatedEight-point Regulation,played golf with public funds, accepted bribes etc.[7]
On April 28, 2017, Si Xianmin was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison for taking bribes worth 7.89 million yuan (~$1.14 million) in Shenzhen People's Intermediate Court.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Toàn quốc nhân đại đại biểu tín tức - tư hiến dân".National People's Congress.Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-13.Retrieved2013-04-05.
- ^"China Southern Airlines chairman investigated for suspected graft -watchdog".Reuters. 2015-11-04.
- ^"China Southern Airlines chairman under probe".china.org.cn.2015-11-04.
- ^Shijia, Jiang (2015-11-04)."China Southern Airlines graft probe nets top boss Si Xianmin after rout of senior roles".scmp.com.
- ^Nam hàng tập đoàn tổng kinh lý tư hiến dân lạc mã phản hủ đả lạc thủ vị dân hàng lão tổng.163.com(in Chinese). 2015-11-05.
- ^Trung quốc nam phương hàng không tập đoàn công tư đảng tổ phó thư ký, tổng kinh lý, trung quốc nam phương hàng không cổ phân hữu hạn công tư đổng sự trường tư hiến dân tiếp thụ tổ chức điều tra.CCDI(in Chinese). 2015-11-04.
- ^"Trung quốc nam phương hàng không tập đoàn công tư nguyên đảng tổ phó thư ký, tổng kinh lý tư hiến dân nghiêm trọng vi kỷ bị khai trừ đảng tịch hòa công chức".CCDI.RetrievedFebruary 3,2016.
- ^"Trung quốc nam phương hàng không tập đoàn công tư nguyên tổng kinh lý tư hiến dân nhất thẩm hoạch hình 10 niên bán".Đằng tấn võng. 2017-04-28.Retrieved2017-04-28.