In the first week of the Year of the Tiger, the anti-corruption campaign "struck hard," and a number of officials were investigated or dealt with.
This weekend alone, two "tigers" were arrested: the Supreme People's Procuratorate made an arrest decision against Xu Ming, former deputy director of the State Grain Administration, on suspicion of accepting bribes and using influence to accept bribes; the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate made an arrest decision against He Xingxiang, former vice president of the China Development Bank, on suspicion of accepting bribes, issuing financial documents in violation of regulations, illegally granting loans, and concealing overseas deposits. In addition, Gao Wanxiang, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Public Security Department, and Qin Jianping, former vice chairman of the Nantong Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, were also investigated over the weekend.
In the past week, a number of fallen "tigers" have undergone new developments, with a total of 5 people arrested and 1 indicted.
The Year of the Tiger was first prosecuted as a "tiger" and has long been addicted to gambling
On February 9, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Gan Rongkun, former member of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, was prosecuted. The procuratorial organs indicted and accused Gan Rongkun of taking advantage of his position as deputy director of the Department of Financial Science and Technology, director of the Department of Financial Equipment, director of the Infrastructure Construction Office of the General Administration of Customs, secretary and director of the Beijing Customs Party Group, member of the party leading group and vice governor of the Hubei Provincial Government, member of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial CPC Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and member of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, as well as the convenience of his authority and position, to seek benefits for others and illegally accept property from others, the amount of which was particularly huge, and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for accepting bribes according to law. Public information shows that Gan Rongkun, deputy director of the Department of Finance and Technology of the General Administration of Customs since 1998, was investigated on June 1 last year, which shows that he has been "greedy" for 23 years.
In December last year, Gan Rongkun was "double-opened". The circular said that Gan Rongkun had lost his ideals and convictions, was disloyal and dishonest to the party, and participated in superstitious activities; in disregard of the spirit of the eight central regulations, he wantonly accepted gifts and gifts, and repeatedly accepted arrangements and banquets for tourism activities that might affect the fair execution of official duties; he did not truthfully explain problems when organizing correspondence; he used public power for private purposes, used cases for money, and interfered in judicial activities in violation of the law; pursued low-level interests and indulged in gambling for a long time; unscrupulously engaged in power and money transactions, and used his position to facilitate the pursuit of profits for others in the areas of project contracting, enterprise operation, and case handling and illegally accept huge amounts of money.
Not long ago, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published an article "naming" Gan Rongkun. The article pointed out that since 2021, the anti-corruption efforts in the political and legal fields have been increasing, and a number of leading cadres of the political and legal system, including provincial and ministerial cadres such as Gan Rongkun, have been punished, "behind the intensive rhythm and thunderous strength is the firm determination of the Party Central Committee to punish judicial corruption and safeguard judicial justice with a zero-tolerance attitude."
In addition to Gan Rongkun, many other people among the "tigers" who fell in 2021 have been prosecuted, including Li Wenxi, former vice chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Song Liang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and former executive vice governor, Zhang Xinqi, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, Yin Jiaxu, former chairman of the China North Industries Group, and Xiao Yi, former vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In the past week, five "tigers" have been arrested
In addition to Xu Ming and He Xingxiang, who were arrested over the weekend, Meng Xiang, former member of the Supreme People's Court Adjudication Commission and former director of the Executive Bureau, Cai Esheng, former vice chairman of the Banking Regulatory Commission, and Zhou Jiangyong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal CPC Committee, and many other "tigers" were arrested this week.
All five were also punished and transferred to justice a week before the Spring Festival in the Year of the Tiger. On January 24, Meng Xiang was "double-opened", Xu Ming and Cai Esheng were expelled from the party; on January 26, Zhou Jiangyong and He Xingxiang were "double-opened".
Born in 1965, Meng Xiang has long worked in the court system. The circular of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection pointed out that Meng Xiang had engaged in profit-making activities in violation of the law and obtained large returns through private lending; violated the law in law enforcement and interfered in the selection, appointment, and judicial activities of cadres in violation of the law; his life was corrupt and degenerate; he engaged in power and money transactions on a large scale, took advantage of his position to seek profits for others in the trial and execution of cases and the contracting of engineering projects, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money.
Cai Esheng, born in 1951, was over 70 years old when he was investigated and retired for 8 years. He has been serving in the financial system for a long time, and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has reported that he is "unscrupulous and shameful, vigorously engaging in power and money trading," abusing the power of financial supervision, seriously disrupting the order of the financial market, seriously polluting the political ecology of the financial sector, accepting banquets, tourism, and golfing arrangements that may affect the fair performance of official duties, entering and leaving private clubs in violation of the law, interfering in and interfering in administrative licensing matters in violation of regulations, and in addition, he is lawless, "retiring without end," committing crimes against the wind, using the convenience and influence of his position to finance loans and contract projects for others. He made profits in terms of promotion and other aspects, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money.
Like Cai Esheng, He Xingxiang, born in 1963, is also a "financial tiger", and he is the second "tiger" in recent years. In July 2019, Hu Huaibang, former party secretary and chairman of the board of directors of CDB, was ousted from power and sentenced to life in the first instance trial last January for accepting bribes of more than 85.52 million yuan.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has reported that He Xingxiang's "distorted view of political performance, the implementation of the party Central Committee's decision to prevent and resolve financial risks is not in place, it is flexible, and even goes its own way, abusing the power of financial examination and approval to cause major financial risks, causing particularly huge losses to the state. In addition, he also lent money to management and service recipients to obtain large returns, neglected the control of his spouses and children, engaged in power and money transactions, used his position to facilitate the benefit of others in loan financing, business operation, entry and employment, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property. He was suspected of accepting bribes, issuing financial documents in violation of the law, illegally granting loans, concealing overseas deposits, and other four crimes, which are rare among the "tigers" who have fallen.
Zhou Jiangyong was born in 1967 and has worked in Zhejiang for a long time. In 2017, he was promoted to vice ministerial level of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, and in May 2018, he was appointed secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee until his dismissal in August last year. The TV special film "Zero Tolerance" once revealed that Zhou Jiangyong and his younger brother Zhou Jianyong, one engaged in politics and the other in business, used public power to help his brother in business. For example, from 2013 to 2017, Zhou Jiangyong successively provided assistance to Shi Shihong, the owner of a construction company, 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.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported last month that Zhou Jiangyong colluded with capital to support the disorderly expansion of capital, engaged in superstitious activities, deliberately resisted organizational examinations, and also allocated security guards and official vehicles in violation of the law; entrusted private business owners to select and appoint cadres in violation of the law; used his position to facilitate the solicitation of profits for others in the areas of project contracting, land transfer, and tax returns; colluded with relatives to illegally accept huge amounts of property, engaged in family-style corruption, and interfered in the market economy and law enforcement and judicial activities in violation of the law.
At present, among the provincial and ministerial-level cadres who will fall in 2021, there are still 4 people whose review and investigation has not yet been completed, namely Xue Heng, former vice chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Fu Zhenghua, former deputy director of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Gong Jianhua, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, and Zhang Jinghua, former deputy secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee.
Rectifying the "grain-eating grain" rectification, a large number of granary "giant rats" were investigated
Xu Ming, the former deputy director of the State Grain Administration, who was arrested on Saturday, was born in 1958 and had been out of office for three years when he was investigated. In 2008, he was transferred from the Ministry of Commerce to Chongqing, and two years later he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and in 2013 he was appointed deputy director of the State Grain Administration. The circular of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has pointed out that Xu Ming is "keen on superstitious activities," and has also used the influence of his position to seek benefits for his son's business activities, calculated in many ways to pursue personal fame and profit, regarded public power as a tool for grabbing private interests, vigorously engaged in power rent-seeking, used the convenience and influence of his position to seek benefits for others in enterprise operations, project contracting, and job promotion, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money and property.
Xu Ming's investigation is just a typical example of the state's efforts to rectify grain-related corruption.
Food security is related to economic development, social stability and long-term peace and stability of the country. The key links in the operation of grass-roots grain depots, such as grain procurement, storage, sales, and rotation, are areas where grain corruption is frequent.
In August last year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission deployed a nationwide special rectification of corruption in the field of grain purchase and sale. Over the past six months, all parts of the country have focused on the problem of "relying on grain for grain" corruption, investigated and dealt with a number of daring and insatiable granary "giant rats," and successively reported a large number of corruption problems and typical cases of violating discipline and law.
The article "Carrying Out Inspections and Inspections of Grain-Related Corruption in Many Places and Accurately Supervising and Guarding the Granaries of Big Countries" published on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also mentioned that during the special inspections and inspections, all localities paid close attention to the key links such as grain procurement, storage, and sales, focused on the important posts of the grass-roots business supervisory departments, the leading bodies of grass-roots state-owned grain enterprises, and the key personnel of key positions in operation and management, and focused on discovering internal and external collusion, rent-seeking, power and money transactions, and the transmission of interests.
Zhang Tianxi, a former member of the inner mongolia autonomous region's development and reform commission and former director of the autonomous region's grain and material reserve bureau, who fell late Friday night, was also one of the granary "giant rats."
On the evening of February 11, the Inner Mongolia Discipline Inspection Commission Supervision Commission issued a series of news that three cadres were investigated, in addition to Zhang Tianxi, there were also Fan Junzhen, executive director and manager of the Inner Mongolia Baita State Grain Reserve Transit Co., Ltd., and Li Jianqing, a legal person of the Inner Mongolia Reserve Grain Management Co., Ltd., all from the grain system.
From November to December last year, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region appointed an inspection team to inspect the three units. Public information shows that during the inspection, the inspection team found and the cadres and masses reflected some problems. For example, there are gaps in the implementation of the reform of the grain system system by the party group of the Autonomous Region Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, deviations in the implementation of policies, the loss of state-owned assets, the problem of "national skin and people's bones" is prominent, the arbitrary allocation of reserve indicators, the arbitrary implementation of rotation plans, illegal rotation, lax control, and weak supervision are prominent, and there are also problems such as arbitrage of subsidy funds and illegal operation and investment.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Zhang Jun Text Editor: Wu Wei Caption Source: Visual China Photo Editor: Xu Jiamin
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