On the evening of January 19, the fifth episode of the TV special "Zero Tolerance" "Forever on the Road" was broadcast, and the case of Zhou Jiangyong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, was disclosed for the first time.
Zhejiang is a region where the market economy is active, and some leading cadres have the problem of engaging in "one family, two systems." This is the case with Zhou Jiangyong, who and his younger brother Zhou Jianyong, one engaged in politics and the other in business, used public power to help his brother in business.
The first bucket of gold seized by the brothers Zhou Jiangyong and Zhou Jianyong was based on the trading of power and money. A private enterprise under the instruction of Zhou Jiangyong, and Zhou Jianyong "cooperated" to open Ningbo Xiangrun Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd., the so-called "cooperation" is actually just a cover, soon Xiangrun Petrochemical Company became Zhou Jianyong independent contracting, but still for a long time free use of the private enterprise's land, plant and equipment. By waiving the lease royalties, over the years, the private enterprise has transferred more than seven million yuan in benefits to the Zhou Jiangyong brothers. Correspondingly, Zhou Jiangyong used his authority to help the company in obtaining land.
Zhou Jianyong threw himself into the business sea, and also gave various merchants the opportunity to use him to hunt Zhou Jiangyong. Shi Shihong, the owner of a construction company, is one of them. From 2013 to 2017, Zhou Jiangyong successively provided assistance to Shi Shihong in a number of projects involving Zhoushan and Wenzhou, in accordance with the request conveyed by Zhou Jianyong, and Zhou Jianyong accepted money from Shi Shihong eight times in the name of "borrowing", with a total amount of more than 90 million yuan.
After Zhou Jiangyong became the secretary of the Zhoushan Municipal Party Committee, he thought he could evade supervision by setting up a "firewall." In the process of accepting bribes from Shi Shihong, he and Shi Shihong never had contact, and they all used their brothers as a bridge. Shi Shihong's company did not directly take the project, but first found some large central enterprises and state-owned enterprises with Zhou Jianyong, promised to help them find Zhou Jiangyong to take the project, and handed over part of the project to Shi Shihong's company after the matter was completed. Zhou Jiangyong took projects for some large central enterprises and state-owned enterprises, which also seemed to be justified.
Entering the era of digital economy, Zhou Jianyong also hopes to catch this bus. In 2017, he founded Youcheng United Information Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Ningbo, a joint venture between Ningbo and Renren, declaring that it is a high-tech company focusing on "subway Internet +", but in fact, the core resource is the power of his brother Zhou Jiangyong.
In the course of the company's operation, Zhou Jianyong is keen to make friends with various bosses, ostensibly to sell high-tech concepts, but in fact to peddle Zhou Jiangyong's power. Some enterprises also hope to bind Zhou Jiangyong through Zhou Jianyong, so they take the "low-value high-investment" approach to buy part of the equity of Zhou Jianyong at an obviously unreasonable high price, and Zhou Jiangyong provides help for these enterprises in obtaining low-cost land and preferential policies.
During his tenure as secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Zhou Jiangyong once said publicly at a meeting: "This is an era of capable officials, and this is a city that can do things." Being able to work in such an era and in such a city is the supreme glory of each of our cadres and a major test for each of our cadres. He himself, on the other hand, actually failed to stand the test.
The following is the relevant content of the commentary -
[Commentary] Judging from the cases of central management cadres investigated and handled since the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, many people still did not restrain themselves after the Eighteenth and even Nineteenth National Congresses of the Party, which fully explains the protracted and arduous nature of the anti-corruption struggle. If party-member leading cadres do not establish firm ideals and convictions, they will easily lose their way in a complex environment and lose their positions in the face of all kinds of temptations and hunting, and make a big mistake.
Zhou Jiangyong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal CPC Committee): I reflect on myself that ideals and convictions cannot be shaken, and the original intention cannot be forgotten.
Zhou Jiangyong, after the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, served as a "number one" in Zhoushan, Wenzhou, and Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province. In August 2021, as a member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, he was examined and investigated by the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Zeng Kexiao (staff member of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection): Judging from Zhou Jiangyong's case, it is true that the anti-corruption struggle is always on the road. Zhou Jiangyong, as a senior cadre who grew up after the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, held the position of number one in various posts for a relatively long time, and was slowly corrupted by power, and most of the money was accepted after the Eighteenth National Congress.
Zhejiang is an area with an active market economy, and some leading cadres have the problem of engaging in "one family, two systems." This is the case with Zhou Jiangyong, who and his younger brother Zhou Jianyong, one engaged in politics and the other in business, used public power to help his brother in business. His younger brother Zhou Jianyong is a teacher at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, but he is not satisfied with the Lide tree, and he envies the life of successful people in the business world. In 2006, he started a chemical company part-time, starting in Xiangshan County, Ningbo City, where Zhou Jiangyong was the first in charge at the time, for reasons that are self-evident.
Zhou Jianyong (Zhou Jiangyong's younger brother): I wanted to run a company, and it was precisely because of Zhou Jiangyong that he had this power, so I looked for Zhou Jiangyong, in fact, from this day on, I was destined to have a relationship with him.
Zhou Jiangyong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee): My younger brother wants to run a business and introduce him to an enterprise to cooperate. It's because I took that line and then I slowly... This is the bane.
Zeng Kexiao (staff member of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection): At that time, he was the secretary of the Xiangshan County Party Committee, and he found a local private enterprise to provide funds, land, and equipment, and his brother came up with so-called technology.
[Commentary] The first pot of gold seized by Zhou Jiangyong and Zhou Jianyong brothers was based on the trading of power and money. This private enterprise under the instruction of Zhou Jiangyong, and Zhou Jianyong "cooperation" to open Ningbo Xiangrun Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd., the so-called "cooperation" is actually just a cover, soon Xiangrun Petrochemical Company became Zhou Jianyong independent contract, but still for a long time free use of the private enterprise's land, plant and equipment. By waiving the lease royalties, over the years, the private enterprise has transferred more than seven million yuan in benefits to the Zhou Jiangyong brothers. Correspondingly, Zhou Jiangyong used his authority to help the company in obtaining land.
Zhou Jianyong (Zhou Jiangyong's younger brother): This rent has never been paid, and with this relationship, it will be used by me. Leaving Zhou Jiangyong, will he? People don't.
[Commentary] Zhou Jianyong runs a business, in fact, there is no capital foundation, no technical advantages, and no business ability, but he has no fear, and he believes that he can rely on his brother to become bigger and stronger. He then opened a second enterprise in the name of "cooperation" with fellow villager Zhou Wenyong and others: Yongrun Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd., Zhou Jianyong accounted for 40% of the shares, in fact, the registered capital and capital increase he should pay totaled more than 14 million yuan, all of which Zhou Wenyong paid on his behalf. The reason why these bosses are willing to pay huge sums of money to "cooperate" with Zhou Jianyong is also to climb the patron of Zhou Jiangyong.
Zhou Wenyong (businessman involved): Zhou Jianyong came to me, hoping that I could help him pay this money, and gave me a promise, in case there is anything in the future, Zhou Jiangyong will also help, so find a patron, then I promised Zhou Jianyong.
[Commentary] Zhou Jiangyong did spare no effort to act as a backer for his brother's affiliated enterprises. He not only provided assistance in business operations, but even intervened in the judiciary to help Yongrun Company evade criminal penalties in environmental pollution cases. In 2014, in order to save costs, Yongrun Company illegally handed over the waste residue after refining oil to unqualified enterprises for "treatment", which was actually transported to Shandong and dumped in farmland. The Shandong police officially filed a case, traced back to the source to find yongrun company, Zhou Jiangyong in order to let his brother's company get light treatment, so he used his position influence to seize the jurisdiction of the case, so that the local police in Ningbo to file a case for investigation.
Zhou Jiangyong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal CPC Committee): I also used my power to help him, and the province handled it better, did not take criminal measures, could take administrative fines, and so on, and finally was able to make it a big deal small and end it as soon as possible.
[Commentary] Zhou Jianyong's devotion to the commercial sea also gave various merchants the opportunity to use him to hunt Zhou Jiangyong. Shi Shihong, the owner of a construction company, is one of them.
Shi Shihong (businessman involved): Zhou Jiangyong had just been transferred to Zhoushan as mayor at that time, young and promising, and we also wanted to help us solve some engineering problems through Zhou Jiangyong. Zhou Jianyong often talks to us about big things, and feels that his brother has a bright future.
[Commentary] Shi Shihong took the initiative to find a relationship to get acquainted with Zhou Jianyong, and Zhou Jianyong also helped Shi Shihong to contract the project through his brother, and the brothers jointly accepted huge bribes and then invested in the family business as capital. From 2013 to 2017, Zhou Jiangyong successively provided assistance to Shi Shihong in a number of projects involving Zhoushan and Wenzhou, in accordance with the request conveyed by Zhou Jianyong, and Zhou Jianyong accepted money from Shi Shihong eight times in the name of "borrowing", with a total amount of more than 90 million yuan.
Shi Shihong (businessman involved): Borrowed in the form of a loan, but there is no IOU, for us, anyway, this money is given to him as a benefit fee. The key is still Zhou Jiangyong, I gave this money to their two brothers through Zhou Jianyong, just a channel. So I actually want to give Zhou Jiangyong, what role can Zhou Jianyong play? It wasn't Zhou Jiangyong who was doing things yet.
Zhou Jianyong (Zhou Jiangyong's younger brother): He has already given me more than 90 million yuan, and he has not asked me to pay back this money, to be honest, I must admit that I do not want to pay it back.
Zhou Jiangyong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal CPC Committee): The mistakes and crimes he committed in the end were all caused by me, without my power, he (Zhou Jianyong) was nothing, and without my lead, he could do nothing.
After Zhou Jiangyong became the secretary of the Zhoushan Municipal Party Committee, he thought he could evade supervision by setting up a "firewall." In the process of accepting bribes from Shi Shihong, he and Shi Shihong never had contact, and they all used their brothers as a bridge. Shi Shihong's company did not directly take the project, but first found some large central enterprises and state-owned enterprises with Zhou Jianyong, promised to help them find Zhou Jiangyong to take the project, and handed over part of the project to Shi Shihong's company after the matter was completed. Zhou Jiangyong took projects for some large central enterprises and state-owned enterprises, which also seemed to be justified.
Zhou Jiangyong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal CPC Committee): My brother came to say hello, and it is also a matter of course for central enterprises and state-owned enterprises. I have seen so many state-owned enterprises and central enterprises, and after seeing them, he will contact other enterprises and subcontract and subcontract projects from central enterprises and state-owned enterprises.
Zeng Kexiao (a staff member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission): He feels that he has a very good cover, is to promote economic development, is concerned about supporting large enterprises, and behind the scenes, his brother is here to take advantage of this way, so he thinks it is not easy to expose.
【Commentary】Entering the era of digital economy, Zhou Jianyong also hopes to catch this bus. In 2017, he founded Youcheng United Information Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Ningbo, a joint venture between Ningbo and Renren, declaring that it is a high-tech company focusing on "subway Internet +", but in fact, the core resource is the power of his brother Zhou Jiangyong. Through Zhou Jiangyong's greeting, Youcheng United cooperated with Ningbo Metro, and the first business got the overall right to coordinate the mobile payment system of Ningbo Metro.
Zhou Jianyong (Zhou Jiangyong's younger brother): This is a matter of resources. Technology is not so difficult, mobile payment, that is, outside to buy vegetables can already be used.
Zhou Jiangyong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal CPC Committee): Helping to approve a batch, this is what I have said hello to, and the reason why he can get it is because I am a leading cadre.
Zeng Kexiao (staff of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission): The overall planning power of mobile payment business is the most critical, and as for the compatible technical solutions, it is not the so-called high-tech at all. Without his brother greeting, he would never have gotten the business, and he wouldn't have enjoyed the right to coordinate it.
【Commentary】In February 2017, Zhou Jiangyong was transferred to the secretary of the Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee, in 2018, Zhou Jianyong greeted him, and Youcheng United obtained some projects of the Wenzhou Metro mobile payment system; in 2019, Zhou Jiangyong was transferred to the secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, and in November 2019, Youcheng United Company invested in the establishment of Hangzhou Railway Youcheng Technology Co., Ltd. as a major shareholder, intending to further expand its business in Hangzhou. In this process, Zhou Jianyong is also keen to make friends with various bosses, ostensibly to sell high-tech concepts, but in fact to peddle Zhou Jiangyong's power. Some enterprises also hope to bind Zhou Jiangyong through Zhou Jianyong, so they take the "low-value high-investment" approach to buy part of the equity of Zhou Jianyong at an obviously unreasonable high price, and Zhou Jiangyong provides help for these enterprises in obtaining low-cost land and preferential policies.
Zhou Jianyong (Brother of Zhou Jiangyong): From the perspective of the company's shareholding, the stock price is definitely high. At that time, I also thought in my heart, you must also know that I am Zhou Jiangyong's younger brother, so the price I offered can be imagined, you use me, I will not use you in turn?
[Commentary] You use me, I use you, and the essence behind the transfer of benefits is the transaction of power and capital. The use of public power by leading cadres for personal gain naturally disgusts cadres and the masses. The inspection and petitioning channels have successively received some reflections on the business problems of Zhou Jiangyong's younger brother, and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission have thus launched verifications; in the face of serious examination and investigation, as long as there is a transaction of power and money, no matter how it is covered up, it is actually difficult to cover up.
Zhou Jiangyong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal CPC Committee): From the perspective of my case, I have now committed serious mistakes and crimes, and I am full of regrets.
【Commentary】Zhou Jiangyong was born in a peasant family, and under the cultivation of the organization and his own efforts, he became a deputy provincial cadre step by step, and should have cherished the rare career opportunities and opportunities of the times, but unfortunately, in the process of promoting his position, he gradually used his power willfully and deviated from his original intention. During his tenure as secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Zhou Jiangyong once said publicly at a meeting: "This is an era of capable officials, and this is a city that can do things." Being able to work in such an era and in such a city is the supreme glory of each of our cadres and a major test for each of our cadres. He himself, on the other hand, actually failed to stand the test.
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●Source: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, State Supervision Commission website
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