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After retiring for many years, Tang Shuangning, former chairman of Everbright Group, was investigated.
According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission on July 15th, Tang Shuangning, former Party Secretary and Chairman of China Everbright Group Co., Ltd., is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
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Long term employment in the financial system
According to public information, Tang Shuangning, born in October 1954 in Beizhen, Liaoning, has been working in the financial system for a long time. He has held various positions including Director of the First Supervision Department of the People's Bank of China, Vice Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and Chairman of China Everbright Corporation.
In 2007, Tang Shuangning was transferred from the China Banking Regulatory Commission to serve as the Chairman and Party Secretary of Everbright Group, marking the beginning of his 10-year career at Everbright until his retirement in 2017.
According to media reports, when Tang Shuangning took office, Everbright Group was severely insolvent and on the brink of bankruptcy. During Tang Shuangning's ten-year tenure, Everbright Securities and Everbright Bank successively went public, while clarifying all the equity of their subsidiaries and conducting large-scale mergers and acquisitions to acquire various licenses. Everbright Group completed its restructuring within 7 years and entered the Fortune Global 500.
Tang Shuangning also envisioned that the overall goal of Everbright Group's next development would be to build a first-class financial holding group with prominent focus, sufficient capital, strict internal control, and scientific management, which is not only in line with international standards but also has Chinese characteristics, and to achieve an overall listing at the appropriate time.
It is worth mentioning that Li Xiaopeng, who took over his position at the time, retired in March 2022. In April 2023, it was officially announced that Li Xiaopeng was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was under disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
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On April 8th this year, according to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, according to the unified deployment of the Party Central Committee on inspection work, the Sixth Central Inspection Group recently held a mobilization meeting for the Party Committee of China Everbright Group Co., Ltd. to carry out inspections and "look back" work.
Self proclaimed proficiency in poetry and calligraphy, with a slight understanding of finance
Besides finance, Tang Shuangning also has multiple identity labels such as poet, painter, prose writer, and calligrapher. Previously, an article stated that after retirement, Tang Shuangning mainly engaged in cultural research and artistic creation, occasionally appearing in calligraphy and painting exhibitions, poetry recitation and other activities.
In fact, Tang Shuangning had many part-time jobs before retiring.
In 2008, the website of Everbright Group published an article titled "Tang Shuangning, a person in love". According to the article, at that time, Tang Shuangning concurrently served as Vice President of the China Financial Society, Advisor to the China Investment Society, Honorary Director of the China Numismatic Society, and also served as a professor, doctoral supervisor, and researcher at several universities. He was also an advisor to the School of Continuing Education at Tsinghua University, Honorary Board Member of Renmin University of China, Honorary Chairman of the Central State Organ Calligraphers and Painters Association, Advisor to the China Art Museum, Advisor to the Chinese Poetry Society, and Advisor to the Chinese Couplet Association.
It is not difficult to see from this that in addition to part-time jobs related to the financial industry, Tang Shuangning also holds positions in institutions such as calligraphy and poetry. Whether in the workplace or after retirement, he often participates in relevant social activities. His works have been exhibited in many famous art galleries, art academies, and museums. In his own words, "I am good at poetry and calligraphy, and have a slight understanding of finance." He also called his calligraphy "Flying Wild Grass Calligraphy.".
A certain financial website even included "Shuangning" in the category of artists. "Shuangning" is the pen name of Tang Shuangning.
The article introduces that Shuang Ning has created nearly a thousand poems, and her artistic creations can include calligraphy, freehand brushwork, colored abstract paintings, black and white works similar to ink but with different effects created by PVC printing, as well as anti texturing colored abstract works.
In 2021, a certain newspaper published an article titled "Frost Ning: Poetic Life" under the name "Frost Ning". It is written, "Although I enjoy poetry, calligraphy, painting, literature, history, and philosophy, fate has played a role in it, but I have been working in finance for a lifetime."
From the experience of serving as the Chairman of Everbright Group in 2007 mentioned in the article, it can be inferred that the author of this article is Tang Shuangning. This article also describes his retirement life, including "having a basketball rack in his home, school, and yard, occasionally shooting basketball," "creating poetry," and "writing calligraphy with a brush.".
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The reporter found on a certain online auction platform that a confiscated calligraphy work with Tang Shuangning's signature was auctioned in 2018 and ultimately sold for 2060 yuan.
