The former head of the company that owns Beijing's internationalairport has been executed following his conviction on corruptioncharges.
State-run Xinhua news agency says 60-year-old LiPeiying was put to death in Jinan, the capital of the eastern provinceof Shangdong.
Li was the former chairman and general manager ofCapital Airports Holding Company, which operates more than 30 airportsacross China and has assets of more than $14 billion.
He wasconvicted in February of accepting nearly $4 million in bribes, andembezzling another $12 million, between 1995 to 2003.
Meanwhile, the head of China's nuclear power program is said to be under investigation on charges of official misconduct.
Chineseauthorities have long struggled against official corruption instate-owned enterprises. President Hu Jintao has warned that officialmisconduct within the ruling Communist Party is the greatest threat to its legitimacy.