Liu Zhenya

Liu Zhenya (Chinese: 刘振亚; born 1952) is Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) which proposes to build a global super grid of low-loss HVDC power lines for long distance energy exchange and trade.

[1]: 94  After its dissolution, he began working at State Grid Corporation of China and was appointed its Party Secretary and general manager in 2004.

[1]: 94  The Times reported that in this role he had "been forced into fire-fighting outrage at home after the worst snowstorms in half a century crippled power lines, blacked out cities and brought the electrified railways to a standstill.

[1]: 96  During Liu's tenure at State Grid, the enterprise made foreign acquisitions in Australia, Brazil, Italy, the Philippines, and Portugal.

He is currently Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) and an alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.