Cao Weidong
Chinese university administrator and politician
Cao Weidong (Chinese: 曹卫东; born May 1968) is a former Chinese university administrator and politician who served as president of Beijing International Studies University from 2014 to 2017 and president of Beijing Sport University from 2018 to 2021. As of March 2024 he was under investigation by China's top graft busters. He was involved in the corruption case of Chinese football.
Early life and education
Cao was born in Funing County, Liaoning, in May 1968. He received his master's degree and doctor's degree from Peking University in 1989 and 1993, respectively. He went on to receive his doctor's degree in 1998 at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He also studied at Goethe University Frankfurt between January 1999 and October 2000.
Career
Cao joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1996. He worked for a short time as an associate research fellow at the Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences between October 2000 and September 2001. In October 2001, he became associate professor of Beijing Normal University, rising to full professor in July 2004.
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