Kang was born in
Datong,
Shanxi, China and graduated from the department of nuclear engineering of
Shanghai Jiaotong University in August 1978. He joined the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1982. In January 2005, he graduated from the graduate school of the CCP
Central Party School, majoring in economics management. In June 2005, he obtained an EMBA certificate from
Tsinghua University. He is a senior engineer at the researcher level. From 2003 to 2009, he managed the
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), before being accused of corruption and bribery. Kang was sentenced to life imprisonment and confiscation of his possessions by a Beijing court in 2010 because he accepted about one million US dollars in bribes between 2004 and 2009. Kang was a member of the
17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2007. He was expelled from the CCP after his bribery conviction. ==References==