Kang Shien
| Kang Shi'en | |
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| 康世恩 | |
| State Councilor of China | |
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In office 1982–1988 |
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| Premier | Zhao Ziyang |
| Vice Premier of China | |
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In office 1978–1982 |
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| Premier | Zhao Ziyang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1915 Huai'an County, Hebei, China |
| Died | 21 April 1995 (aged 80) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
Kang Shi'en (Chinese: ; 20 April 1915 – 21 April 1995) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary who participated in the December 9th Movement and a politician who served as China's Vice Premier and Minister of Petroleum. Perceived as a member of the "Oil Clique" headed by his patron Yu Qiuli, Kang's career peaked in 1979 and 1980, when he was considered China's energy czar. However, he was officially reprimanded following the fatal Bohai No. 2 oil rig accident. He later served as the State Councilor in charge of the oil industry.
On 20 April 1915, Kang Shi'en was born into a landlord family in Tianjiazhuang, Huai'an County, Hebei Province. In 1935, while a student at the Beiping High School, he participated in the December 9th Movement, a Communist-led student movement demanding the Kuomintang government to actively resist Japanese aggression. In 1936, he was admitted to the geology department of Tsinghua University, and joined the Communist Party of China in October.
After the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted in 1937, Kang joined the Eighth Route Army and participated in anti-Japanese activities in Shuo County, Shanxi Province. During the Chinese Civil War, Kang served as the director of the political department of the Yanmen Military District and of the political department of a division of the First Field Army.
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