Chang Xiaobing

Chang Xiaobing 常小兵
Born	March 1957 (age 67) She County, Hebei, China
Residence	Beijing
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Tsinghua University Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Occupation	Chairman of China Unicom (2004–August 2015) Chairman of China Telecom (August 2015–December 2015)
Years active	1982–2015
Political party	Communist Party of China (1976-)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chang.

Chang Xiaobing (Chinese: 常小兵; pinyin: Cháng Xiǎobīng; born March 1957) is a Chinese former business executive. He served as the chairman of China Unicom from 2004 to 2015, and the chairman of China Telecom in 2015. On December 27, 2015, Chang was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. He is the first head of telecommunications in China implicated since the beginning of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive after he took power in late 2012.

Career

Chang was born in She County, Hebei in March 1957. He was joined Communist Party of China in 1976 and graduated from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1982.

He became the engineer of the Post and Telecommunication Office of Lu'an, the vice-director of the Telecom Office of Nanjing since 1982. In June 1996, he became the vice-director of the China Post and Telecommunication Administration. In February 2000, Chang became the director of the Telecommunications Authority of the Ministry of Information Industry. In 2004, Chang became the chairman of China Unicom until August 2015. He became the chairman of China Telecom in August 2015.

Chang was a member of the 16th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the 12th National People's Congress.

Downfall

On December 27, Chang was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations".