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Chinese entrepreneur

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
Liu Ruopeng
Born (1983-09-24) September 24, 1983 (age 41)
NationalityChinese
Alma materZhejiang University
Duke University
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Liu Ruopeng (Chinese: 刘若鹏; is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the conglomerate Kuang-Chi. He is also a member of the Chinese Communist Party and a National People's Congress deputy.

Early life

Liu has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Zhejiang University. He has a master's degree and a doctorate from Duke University.

Career

While a PhD student at Duke University, Liu allegedly stole intellectual property from a United States Department of Defense-funded laboratory and passed it to Chinese researchers, which eventually resulted in his expulsion from the David R. Smith research group at the university. Liu was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), but ultimately was not charged with a crime. The incident is the subject of a book by ProPublica senior editor Daniel Golden, Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities.

In 2015, Liu bought a controlling stake in the loss making New Zealand company Martin Aircraft Company, makers of the yet to be commercially viable Martin Jetpack.

He is the president of the Shenzhen-based Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology and the chairman of Hong Kong-listed KuangChi Science.

Personal life

Liu Ruopeng lives in Shenzhen, China.

References

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  3. "List of Members of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National Committee of China Association for Science and Technology - Liu Ruopeng". China Association for Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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  6. "White House Considers Restricting Chinese Researchers Over Espionage Fears". The New York Times. 30 April 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. "How one graduate student allegedly stole Duke research to create a billion-dollar Chinese company". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  8. ^ "How Spy Agencies Use American Universities to Secretly Recruit Students". Town & Country. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  9. Golden, Daniel (10 October 2017). Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-1-62779-636-1.
  10. "Liu Ruopeng - Jetpack backer ready for liftoff - Business - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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