Kou Wei | |||||||
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寇伟 | |||||||
| Born | October 1961 (age 64) | ||||||
| Alma mater | Kunming University of Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology | ||||||
| Occupations | Executive, politician | ||||||
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| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 寇伟 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 寇偉 | ||||||
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Kou Wei (Chinese:寇伟; born October 1961) is a Chinese executive and politician ofBai ethnicity who served as chairman of theState Grid Corporation of China from December 2018 to January 2020 and chairman of China Datang Corporation from 2020 to 2021.
He was an alternate of the19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
Kou was born inJianchuan County,Yunnan, in October 1961, and graduated from Yunnan Institute of Technology (nowKunming University of Science and Technology) andHuazhong University of Science and Technology.
He successively worked at Yangzonghai Power Plant, Yunnan Electric Power Industry Bureau, Yunnan Manwan Power Plant, Yunnan Electric Power Industry Bureau, Yunnan Electric Power Group Co., Ltd., Yunnan Lancang River Hydropower Development Co., Ltd., Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Co., Ltd., andChina Huaneng. He was general manager of theState Grid Corporation of China in July 2016, and subsequently chairman in December 2018.[2] He was general manager of China Datang Corporation in January 2020, and soon after rose to become chairman, and served until his resignation in June 2021.[3]
On 21 December 2024, Kou was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and theNational Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[4] He was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party on 6 June 2025.[5]
