China Huaneng Group controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
2026
Former senior executive Kou Wei given death sentence with reprieve at first instance in bribery and embezzlement case
On April 1, 2026, the Hinggan League Intermediate People's Court, in a first-instance trial, imposed combined punishment for multiple crimes on Kou Wei for accepting bribes, accepting bribes by leveraging influence, embezzlement, and abuse of power by personnel of a state-owned company, and decided to execute a death sentence with a two-year reprieve. The relevant conduct spanned his tenures at Huaneng, State Grid, Datang, and other entities; the facts of embezzlement and other crimes involved Lancang River Hydropower, and the individual crimes and full amounts should not be attributed to each group.