Stern Hu (Chinese: 胡士泰; pinyin: Hú Shìtài; born 1963 in Tianjin) is an Australian businessman jailed in China after pleading guilty to stealing commercial secrets and receiving bribes.

Hu was formerly an executive of Rio Tinto mining group in Shanghai,[1] having graduated from Peking University before obtaining Australian citizenship in 1994.

[4] On 29 March 2010, Hu was sentenced to ten years' jail after pleading guilty to stealing commercial secrets and receiving bribes.

[7] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a former diplomat to China, refused to intervene on a personal level,[9] and criticised the media and the opposition party for adding political bias to the issue.

Australian authorities were granted access to Stern Hu, and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith subsequently declared that he was in good health.