Cao Keming

Cao Keming (Chinese: 曹克明; pinyin: Cáo Kèmíng; November 1934 – 2 September 2014), also known as "Clear Sky Cao" (曹青天) and "Contemporary Bao Zheng" (当代包拯), was a politician of the People's Republic of China.[1] He served as Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference between February 1998 to March 2003, Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, from July 1987 to September 2001, and Deputy Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPC between February 1991 to September 2001.

Cao Keming
曹克明
Director of the Chinese Society and Law Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office March 2003 – March 2008
Chairman	Jia Qinglin
Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office February 1998 – March 2003
Preceded by	Sun Han (孙颔)
Succeeded by	Xu Zhonglin (许仲林)
Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee
In office February 1991 – September 2001
Secretary	Chen Huanyou
Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China
In office July 1987 – September 2001
Personal details
Born	November 1934 Nanyang, Henan, China
Died	2 September 2014 (aged 79) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Communist Party of China

He was a delegate to the 13th, 14th and 15th CPC National Congresses and a member of the 9th CPPCC National Committee.

Life

Cao was born and raised in Nanyang, Henan, during the Republic of China.

He got involved in politics in November 1951 and joined the Communist Party of China in July 1959.

Cao worked as a manager at the Nanjing No. 307 Plant for over 20 years. Beginning in 1953, he served in several posts in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, including group leader, section chief, factory director, and CPC Party Chief.

In July 1987, Cao was promoted to become the Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, a position he held until September 2001. He also served as Deputy Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPC between February 1991 to September 2001. In 1996, he investigated and prosecuted the illegal fund-raising case of Wuxi Emerging Industrial Company (Chinese: 无锡新兴实业总公司), and he was awarded "First-Class Merit".[2] In 2002, the corruption case of Ma Xiangdong (simplified Chinese: 马向东; traditional Chinese: 馬向東; Vice-Mayor of Shenyang) was heard by him.[3]

From February 1998 to March 2003, Cao served as the Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

In March 2003, he was transferred to Beijing as the Director of the Chinese Society and Law Committee of CPPCC, he served until March 2008.

On 2 September 2014, Cao died in Nanjing, Jiangsu.[4][5]

References

1. "反腐斗士"曹克明去世 查案曾牵出陈希同王宝森 (in Chinese). Pengpai News. 5 September 2014.
2. 查处无锡新兴实业总公司非法集资案做出重要贡献 中纪委给曹克明记一等功（1996.01.30 ） (in Chinese). People.Com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
3. 记者对话沈阳马向东腐败案审判组织者曹克明 (in Chinese). Sohu. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
4. 曹克明同志逝世. CPCnews (in Chinese). 2014.
5. “反腐斗士”曹克明去世 曾查案牵出陈希同案. Ifeng (in Chinese). 2014.