Liu Ruopeng
{{Short description|Chinese entrepreneur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Liu Ruopeng
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|09|24}}{{Cite news|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3tXsuUmemZ2XYQHi6xQ0WA|title=Shenzhen Oral History - Liu Ruopeng: Continuous Innovation Helps China Become a Global Leader in Metamaterials|work=Shenzhen Evening News|access-date=2023-02-17|archive-date=17 Feb 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230217094246/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3tXsuUmemZ2XYQHi6xQ0WA#}}
| nationality = Chinese
| alma mater = Zhejiang University
Duke University
| party = Chinese Communist Party
}}
Liu Ruopeng ({{zh|s=刘若鹏}}; is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the conglomerate Kuang-Chi.{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1758641/elon-musk-china-aims-give-world-commercial-jetpack-it-just|title='Elon Musk of China' aims to give the world a commercial jetpack - but is it just flight of fancy? |date=7 April 2015|work=South China Morning Post |accessdate=2 June 2017}} He is also a member of the Chinese Communist Party and a National People's Congress deputy.{{Cite web |title=List of Members of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National Committee of China Association for Science and Technology - Liu Ruopeng |url=http://www.cast.org.cn/art/2018/10/8/art_386_35914.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200401215720/http://www.cast.org.cn/art/2018/10/8/art_386_35914.html |archive-date=1 Apr 2020 |access-date=16 Feb 2023 |website=China Association for Science and Technology}}
Early life
Liu has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Zhejiang University.{{cite web|author=Ruopeng Liu |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=271478091&capId=878377 |title=Ruopeng Liu: Executive Profile & Biography |publisher=Bloomberg |date=26 August 2014 |accessdate=2 June 2017}} He has a master's degree and a doctorate from Duke University.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/liu-ruopeng/ |title=Liu Ruopeng |work=Forbes.com |accessdate=2 June 2017}}
Career
While a PhD student at Duke University, Liu allegedly stole intellectual property from a United States Department of Defense-funded laboratory{{Cite news |date=2018-04-30 |title=White House Considers Restricting Chinese Researchers Over Espionage Fears |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/trump-china-researchers-espionage.html |access-date=2018-05-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/10/how-one-graduate-student-allegedly-stole-duke-research-to-create-billion-dollar-chinese-company|title=How one graduate student allegedly stole Duke research to create a billion-dollar Chinese company|work=The Chronicle|access-date=2018-05-06|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506104313/http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/10/how-one-graduate-student-allegedly-stole-duke-research-to-create-billion-dollar-chinese-company|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12814064/spy-school-daniel-golden-fbi-cia-recruit-at-american-colleges/|title=How Spy Agencies Use American Universities to Secretly Recruit Students|date=2017-10-13|work=Town & Country|access-date=2018-05-06|language=en-US}} and passed it to Chinese researchers. 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.{{Cite book |last=Golden |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Goldin |title=Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities |title-link=Spy Schools |date=2017-10-10 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |isbn=978-1-62779-636-1 |language=en}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11646287 |title=Liu Ruopeng - Jetpack backer ready for liftoff - Business - NZ Herald News |publisher=Nzherald.co.nz |date=28 May 2016 |accessdate=2 June 2017}}
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.
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Category:Businesspeople from Shenzhen
Category:Zhejiang University alumni
Category:Duke University alumni
Category:Chinese technology company founders
Category:Chinese expatriates in the United States