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'{{Short description|Chinese politician and the son of Hu Jintao}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}} {{family name hatnote|[[Hu (surname)|Hu]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox person | name = Hu Haifeng | image = File:Hu Haifeng.png | caption = Hu in 2019 | relations = | party = [[Chinese Communist Party]] | spouse = | native_name = 胡海峰 | native_name_lang = zh-cn | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|6|df=y}} | birth_place = | parents = {{ubl|[[Hu Jintao]] | [[Liu Yongqing]]}} | children = | education = {{ubl|[[Tsinghua University]] (MS, LLM, EMBA, PhD)}} | occupation = Politician }} '''Hu Haifeng''' ({{zh|c=胡海峰|p=Hú Hǎifēng}}; born November 1972) is a Chinese politician and son of [[Hu Jintao]], former [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]], [[President of the People's Republic of China]], [[Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)|Chairman of the Central Military Commission]], [[paramount leader]] (fourth [[Generations of Chinese leadership|generation of Chinese leadership]]). He is currently the Deputy Minister of [[Ministry of Civil Affairs]]. ==Life and career== Hu graduated with a degree in [[Computer Science]] from [[Beijing Jiaotong University]] and Executive [[MBA]] from the School of Economics and Management at [[Tsinghua University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120322000076&cid=1601 |title=Red Nobility: Hu Haifeng｜Politics｜People｜WantChinaTimes.com |access-date=November 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120213909/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120322000076&cid=1601 |archive-date=November 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hu Haifeng was the chairman of [[Nuctech Company|Nuctech]], a Tsinghua University-owned company created in the late 1990s to make large [[Image scanner|scanners]] for shipping, [[Intermodal container|trucking containers]] and [[railway car]]s, as well as luggage scanners and [[metal detector]]s for airports. After Hu became chairman of the company, it was granted a near-monopoly by the central authorities on the lucrative market for selling security equipment to airports in China. In 2009, the company had roughly 90% of the domestic market. Chinese investment in airport security has risen sharply after the [[September 11 attacks]]. In 2008, Hu Haifeng was promoted to [[Chinese Communist Party|Communist Party]] [[Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary|secretary]] of [[Tsinghua Holdings]], which controls Nuctech and more than 20 other companies.<ref name="T1">Taipeitimes.com. "[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/07/24/2003449421 Taipeitimes.com]." ''China Internet blackout linked to leader’s son.'' Retrieved on July 27, 2009.</ref> === Corruption === In July 2009, the [[Namibia]]n government charged Nuctech with corruption. The company has been the focus for repeated allegations of unfair competition in the [[European Union]], and also for corruption and abuse of office in the Philippines. In South Africa, investigations of corruption are underway regarding a contract obtained by the company for the sale of scanners amounting to 380 million Rand (US$54 million).<ref>AsiaNews.it: ''Investigation into NucTech corruption expands, the company formerly headed by Hu Haifeng'' [http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15849&size=]</ref> ==Sources== *Wall Street Journal Asia ("Firm of Hu's son gets scanner pact at China airports", December 13) ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hu, Haifeng}} [[Category:Businesspeople from Gansu]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Hu Jintao family]] [[Category:Children of national leaders of China]] [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Tsinghua University alumni]] [[Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Gansu]] [[Category:Mayors of places in China]] [[Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Gansu]] [[Category:Children of general secretaries of communist parties]] [[Category:Political office-holders in Zhejiang]]'