Zhou Mengbo (Chinese: 周孟波; pinyin: Zhōu Mèngbō; born February 1965) is a Chinese business executive who served as deputy party secretary of China Railway Engineering Corporation between 2018 and 2019. Previously he was vice chairman from 2007 to 2018 and deputy general manager from 2006 to 2007. He is also a professor-level senior engineer.[1] He absconded from China in May 2019 and arrested overseas and sent back in August 2021.[2]
In July 1985, he joined the China Railway Group Limited. He was appointed director of China Railway Bridge Bureau Group Co., Ltd., in August 2000, becoming chairman and general manager in April 2001. In September 2006, he was appointed deputy general manager of China Railway Engineering General Corporation (now China Railway Engineering Corporation). After this office was terminated in September 2007, he was elevated to vice chairman. In March 2018, he was appointed Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary, serving in the post until his resignation in May 2019.[citation needed]
Downfall
In May 2019, Zhou absconded abroad,[3] and was caught by the International Office of Fleeing and Recovery of the Central Anti Corruption Coordination Group, Ministry of Public Security, and Henan Provincial Supervision Commission, cooperating with a foreign law enforcement agency.[4]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.