Wang Shouye

Wang Shouye (; born 1943) is a former Chinese vice admiral (zhong jiang) who served as Deputy Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He was convicted of embezzling 160 million yuan of public funds and received a death sentence with reprieve in 2006, later commuted to life in prison. At the time of his conviction, it was the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the People's Liberation Army.

Life and career Wang Shouye was born in 1943 to a peasant family in Li Village, Dengli Township, Ye County, Henan Province. An excellent student, he achieved the sixth highest score in Henan Province in the 1964 Gaokao and was admitted to Tianjin University, where he majored in civil engineering.

In 1968, Wang was recruited into the PLA's 38th Group Army based in Baoding, and served as a military engineer. His high educational background and technical ability distinguished him from other soldiers, and he steadily rose through the ranks. He was later transferred to the PLA General Logistics Department (GLD), where he was repeatedly promoted, and appointed Head of the GLD Division of Infrastructure and Barracks in December 1995. In July 1994 he attained the rank of major general. At the time of his conviction, it was the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the People's Liberation Army.

Wang embezzled most of the funds between 1997 and 2001, when he was in charge of infrastructure and construction of barracks at the GLD. Wang may have also gained CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin's favour for building the grandiose new headquarters of the Central Military Commission.