On the morning of November 13, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission published the news that Pan Jiahua, a former member of the party group of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission stationed at the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, was expelled from the party for serious violations of discipline and the law.
Pan Jiahua, 69, who has been retired for nine years, was investigated on May 11 this year. The circular said that Pan Jiahua coveted pleasures and lived a lavish life; he had no respect for discipline and law, relied on cigarettes to eat cigarettes, used his position to facilitate the operation of enterprises and other aspects to seek benefits for others, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money and property.
Pan Jiahua. Infographic
He loves literature and is the lyricist of the corporate song "Yellow Crane Tower"
Born in 1952 and originally from Hubei, Pan Jiahua has long worked for the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
According to public information, Pan Jiahua has been a member of the party group of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration in January 2005, the head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission in the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, in charge of the discipline inspection team and the Supervision Bureau, and concurrently serves as the secretary of the party committee of the directly subordinate organs and the president of the Party School of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (China Tobacco Staff Training Center).
During his term of office, Pan Jiahua made many statements on discipline inspection and supervision work. For example, in September 2009, he said at the meeting that we should vigorously grasp the construction of the grass-roots discipline inspection and supervision team and constantly create a new situation in the construction of grass-roots anti-corruption and clean government. To meet the needs of the situation and tasks, it is necessary to constantly improve the work mechanism and system of discipline inspection and supervision at the grass-roots level; strengthen professional training and guidance, and constantly enhance the quality of the discipline inspection and supervision contingent at the grass-roots level; strengthen the awareness of performing duties, and continuously raise the level of anti-corruption and clean government construction at the grass-roots level.
In November 2012, the website of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration published information on the appointment and dismissal of leading cadres, dismissing Pan Jiahua from the post of head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission in the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and a member of the party group of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.
After his retirement, Pan Jiahua was the vice president of the China Tobacco Society.
According to media reports, Pan Jiahua loves classical literature and is the lyricist of the corporate song "Yellow Crane Tower". The song was eventually recorded by a famous artist hired by Hubei China Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd. (Wuyan Group). The lyrics sing: She comes from the painting, the red-crowned crane of the clouds, the jade flute of the bright moon, and the purple qi lead to the appointment. How to come to the air and leisurely, ancient and modern chu tianxiu. A thousand cups of grace, ten years of dance, this goes to the sky. Love Yo Yo, Yellow Crane Tower, Yellow Crane Tower, Love Yo Yo, Millennium Hope Return, Eternal Singing, Eternal Singing Yellow Crane Tower.
In February this year, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration paid tribute to the old leader, Pan Jiahua. This was his last public appearance.
Covet pleasure, live extravagantly; rely on cigarettes to eat cigarettes
On May 11 this year, 69-year-old Pan Jiahua was investigated. With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission has filed a case to examine and investigate the serious violations of discipline and law by Pan Jiahua, a former member of the party leading group of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and former head of the discipline inspection team assigned by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission to the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.
The circular said that after investigation, Pan Jiahua lost his ideals and convictions, abandoned his duties and missions, violated discipline and discipline, and helped the owners of private enterprises in the tobacco industry to seek private interests; violated the spirit of the eight central regulations, accepted gifts in violation of the law, and accepted overseas travel arranged by private business owners in violation of regulations; arranged a number of relatives and friends to work in the tobacco system; improper family style, conniving at relatives to use the influence of his position to obtain huge profits in the tobacco system in violation of the law; coveting pleasure and living a luxurious life; having no respect for discipline and law, relying on cigarettes to eat tobacco, He used his position to facilitate the profit of others in the operation of enterprises and other aspects, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money and property.
Pan Jiahua seriously violated the Party's organizational discipline, honesty discipline, work discipline, and life discipline, constituting a serious violation of official duties and suspected of accepting bribes, and did not restrain or rein in after the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, which is serious in nature and has a bad impact, and should be dealt with severely. In accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishment of the Communist Party of China," the "Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Law of the People's Republic of China on The Punishment of Public Employees in Government Affairs," and other relevant provisions, after being studied by the Standing Committee of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission and reported to the CPC Central Committee for approval, it was decided to give Pan Jiahua the punishment of expulsion from the party; to cancel the treatment he enjoyed in accordance with regulations; to confiscate his gains from violating discipline and the law; to transfer his suspected crimes to the procuratorial organs for examination and prosecution in accordance with law, and to transfer the property involved.
Zhao Hongshun. According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission
He has worked with Tobacco "Big Tiger" Zhao Hongshun for many years
After Pan Jiahua retired, he witnessed the fall and trial of many subordinates and colleagues.
For example, Wang Zhifu, former secretary of the party group and director of the Liaoning Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, who fell in 2016, and Yu Yundong, former secretary of the party group and director of the Yunnan Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, who fell in 2017.
And the tobacco system "big tiger" Zhao Hongshun was once An old colleague of Pan Jiahua.
On February 16, 2019, Zhao Hongshun, a member of the party group and deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, was investigated. Zhao Hongshun has been working in the tobacco system since 1989, and in July 2006, he was appointed director of the Development Plan Department of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, at that time Pan Jiahua was already a member of the party group of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, the head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission in the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, and was considered Zhao Hongshun's superior.
In October 2011, Zhao Hongshun was promoted to a member of the party group and deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, and pan Jiahua was a member of the party group. After more than 7 years as deputy director, Zhao Hongshun fell.
Zhao Hongshun loved to drink Moutai wine, and after being investigated, he said: "I drank a lot, I received a lot, but I didn't count it, and I couldn't count it out." The TV feature film "Positive Wind and Anti-Corruption Around" revealed that Zhao Hongshun borrowed three houses of subordinates and private business owners, placed more than 2,900 bottles of Moutai wine, and often accepted high-end banquets to drink vintage Moutai on weekdays, and on the day of retention, he also accepted a banquet at noon and drank a bottle of Moutai for 50 years. On June 18, 2020, Zhao Hongshun, who embezzled 90.32 million yuan, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In October 2019, Li Zehua, former secretary of the party group, director and general manager of the Shanxi Tobacco Monopoly Bureau (company) who had served in the tobacco industry for nearly 30 years, was dismissed.
In October 2020, LuPin, secretary of the party group and general manager of Hunan China Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd., who created brands such as "Baisha" and "Furong King" during his tenure, was investigated.
A week after Pan Jiahua's downfall, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission published the news that Yang Ziye, a first-level inspector of the Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently under disciplinary review and supervision and investigation.
Yang Ziye, 55, the party secretary and general manager of Henan China Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd., for nine years, stepped down from Henan Tobacco last August and was transferred to the first-level inspector of the Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute. During Yang's tenure, there were scandals in which 10 enterprises with bribery and no bidding qualifications participated in the bidding and all won the bids.
The tobacco industry is a special industry with a high concentration of people, money and materials. According to statistics, in 2020, the tobacco industry achieved a total tax profit of 1,280.3 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year, and the total amount of 1,203.7 billion yuan handed over to the state finance, an increase of 2.3%. A tobacco industry insider wrote that the lack of transparency in the operation of power, and even "black box operation" is one of the main reasons for inducing corruption, and it is necessary to vigorously promote and improve the system of enterprise affairs disclosure and increase the intensity of open supervision.
According to the unified deployment of the central government, from May 13 to June 30, 2020, the Third Inspection Group of the Central Committee carried out routine inspections of the Party Group of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration. On April 20 this year, the official website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission published a circular on the progress of the inspection and rectification of the party group of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration. According to the report, 873 people were given party and government disciplinary sanctions in the whole industry, including 106 cadres at the department level.
The circular said that it is necessary to strengthen the supervision of key posts, especially the "number one," starting from strengthening the organizational supervision of the superiors over the lower levels, the daily supervision of the personnel departments, and the special supervision of discipline inspection and supervision, and strive to solve the difficult problems of the "number one" supervision. For key job rotation exchanges for personnel in key positions, it is clearly required that the discipline inspection and supervision institutions in the industry discover problems with the members of the party group (party committee) at the same level and report directly to the discipline inspection and supervision organs at the higher level. Continue to strengthen the rectification of the "circle culture" and carry out the work of eliminating the adverse influence of Zhao Hongshun's "small circle".
Text: Liang Jianzhong