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An engineer by training, Zhuang Shangbiao is one of the most distinguished figures in China’s construction industry. To date, Zhuang’s positions include deputy general manager of the finance department of China Road and Bridge Construction Corporation, deputy general manager and the executive deputy general manager of China Road and Bridge Group, and chief accountant of China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC). He has occupied a number of senior legal and financial positions at CRCC for over 10 years and in 2015 was appointed as the company’s president and executive director, a position he holds in addition to the role of general legal counsel. Zhuang has been pivotal to CRCC’s recent moves, including entering into a strategic cooperation agreement with Fosun Group and successfully negotiating a contract to construct 388km of the announced $2.3bn Chipata-Petauke-Serenje Railway project in Zambia.