Liu Zhenya

Former Chairman of State Grid Corporation

Liu Zhenya

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Liu.

Liu Zhenya (Chinese: 刘振亚; born 1952) is Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) which proposes to build a global super grid of low-loss HVDC power lines for long distance energy exchange and trade.

## Biography

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Liu Zhenya was born in 1952 in Shandong province.[1]: 93 Liu began working in the electrical field at age 19 and worked in a local power plant during the Cultural Revolution.[1]: 93

He graduated from Shandong Institute of Technology with a degree in power systems and automation.[1]: 93 He spent the next 20 years of his career working in power plants and in the Shandong branch of State Power Corporation of China.[1]: 93 Liu led a subsidiary of Shandong Electric Power Company on a fundraising campaign to close the gap in electric service in Shandong, raising RMB 2 billion in 1996 and earning a reputation for his ambition and drive to succeed.[1]: 94

Liu was transferred to Beijing where he worked as a vice-general manager at State Power Corporation shortly before its dissolution.[1]: 94 After its dissolution, he began working at State Grid Corporation of China and was appointed its Party Secretary and general manager in 2004.[1]: 94 The Times reported that in this role he had "been forced into fire-fighting outrage at home after the worst snowstorms in half a century crippled power lines, blacked out cities and brought the electrified railways to a standstill."[2]

In 2013, State Grid established a Board of Directors at its holding company level and Liu became its Chairman.[1]: 94 He continued to serve as Party Secretary.[1]: 94 Liu adopted the strategy of "one special, four large": the development of UHV power grids (the "one special") and hydropower, coal power, nuclear power, and renewable energy (the "four large").[1]: 94

Liu joined the CPC in 1984. He is currently Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) and an alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.[3]

In 2018 he was elected an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Leutert, Wendy (2024). China's State-Owned Enterprises: Leadership, Reform, and Internationalization. Business and Public Policy Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-48654-5.
2. ^ "Login". The Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2008.
3. ^ Vitae, China. "China Vitae : Biography of Liu Zhenya". chinavitae.com.
4. ^ "50 engineering leaders become Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering". Retrieved 21 September 2018.

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