Nandu News reporter Ding Jingxuan sent from Beijing On the morning of April 26, Li Jinzao, former deputy secretary of the party leading group and vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, was sentenced in the first instance in the bribery case. Li Jinzao was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and fined 6 million yuan by the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court for accepting bribes; the property and fruits obtained by Li Jinzao's bribes were recovered in accordance with the law and handed over to the state treasury.
Born in January 1958 in Xiantao, Hubei Province, Li Jinzao joined the Communist Party of China in February 1976 and began working in December 1978. He once served as Vice Minister of Commerce, Director General of The National Tourism Administration, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
On October 21 last year, Li Jin was tried in the Shenyang Intermediate Court. Infographic
He accepted bribes of more than 65.5 million yuan in 24 years
Nandu reporters noted that Li Jinzao had been bribed for 24 years, and the total amount of bribes he had accepted was equivalent to more than 65.5 million yuan.
From 1996 to 2020, defendant Li Jinzao successively took advantage of his position as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee and vice chairman of the Autonomous Region People's Government, a member of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, a former secretary and director of the Party Group of the National Tourism Administration, a deputy secretary of the Party Group and vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, as well as the convenience of the formation of authority and status, to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in matters such as qualification approval, platform preparation, project contracting, and job promotion. The total amount of illegal acceptance of property given by others is equivalent to more than 65.5 million yuan.
The Shenyang Municipal Intermediate People's Court held that defendant Li Jinzao's conduct constituted the crime of accepting bribes. In view of the fact that his acceptance of bribes of 7 million yuan was an attempt; after arriving at the case, he was able to truthfully confess his crime and voluntarily confess some of the facts of the crime of accepting bribes that the Supervision Organs had not yet grasped; he confessed his guilt and repented of his crime, actively returned the stolen money, and all the stolen money and stolen goods have been recovered, and if there are statutory and discretionary mitigating circumstances, he may be given a lenient punishment in accordance with law. The Tribunal accordingly rendered the above-mentioned judgment.
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After the Eighteenth National Congress, there is no convergence and no closure
Li Jin had long been investigated while in office, and was subsequently dismissed from public office, expelled from the party, arrested and prosecuted.
On July 29, 2020, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection released the news: Li Jinzao, deputy secretary of the party group and vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision and investigation by the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
In August 2020, Li Jinzao was disqualified as a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and in September he was dismissed from his post as vice minister of culture and tourism.
He was double-opened in January 2021, arrested in February, and prosecuted in March.
According to the news released by the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on January 25, 2021, Li Jin had lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his original mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the party, resisted organizational scrutiny, rebelled against the organization, deceived the organization, and engaged in superstitious activities; ignored the spirit of the eight provisions of the Central Committee, frequently accepted banquets that might affect the fair execution of official duties, and accepted gifts in violation of the law; sought benefits for others and accepted property in the selection and appointment of cadres, did not truthfully explain problems when organizing correspondence; used his power to profit from his relatives' business activities, and his family style was corrupt They have become corrupt in their lives, colluding with their families to collect money and amass wealth; alienating public power into a tool for seeking private interests, taking advantage of their positions to seek benefits for others in enterprise operations and project contracting, and illegally accepting huge amounts of money and property.
Li Jinzao seriously violated the party's political discipline, organizational discipline, honesty discipline, and life discipline, constituting a serious violation of official duties and suspected of accepting bribes, and did not restrain himself after the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, which was serious in nature and had 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, and other relevant provisions," and upon study by the Standing Committee of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission and reported to the CPC Central Committee for approval, it was decided to give Li Jinzao the punishment of expulsion from the party; the State Supervision Commission to give him the punishment of dismissal from public office; terminate his qualifications as a deputy to the Nineteenth National Congress of the Party; confiscate his proceeds of violations of discipline and law; transfer his suspected crimes to the procuratorial organs for examination and prosecution according to law, and transfer the property involved.
Li Jin's early resume
Li Jinzao, born in January 1958, Xiantao, Hubei Province, joined the Party in February 1976, joined the work in December 1978, and is a doctoral candidate in economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
1974.07--1976.12 Private teacher, commune operator, correspondent, clerk and statistician of Yanwan Brigade of Hongtan Commune (Liuji Commune) in Hongtan Commune, Qiuyang County, Hubei Province
1976.12--1978.12 Student, Department of Agricultural Economics, Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics
1978.12--1982.02 Teacher, Department of Agricultural Economics, Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics
1982.02--1984.12 Master of Economics, Department of Economics, Wuhan University, Master of Economics
1984.12--1986.02 Worked at the Institute of Finance, Ministry of Finance
1986.02--1988.10 Ph.D. in Political Economy, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Ph.D. in Economics
1988.10--1991.06 Chief Clerk, Department of Structural Reform and Laws and Regulations, State Planning Commission (1989.12--1990.01 Visiting Scholar, Australian National University and Macory University)
1991.06--1993.01 Deputy Director of the Economic System Division of the Department of Structural Reform and Laws of the State Planning Commission, Deputy Director of the General Department of the Policy Research Office
1993.01--1996.08 Director of the Economic System Reform Division and Director of the General Division of the Policy Research Office of the State Planning Commission (during the period: 1994.01--1994.03 Visiting Scholar of Queen Mary College, University of London, 1994.08--1996.08 Served as Vice Mayor of Guilin City)
1996.08--1997.05 Vice Mayor of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Secretary of Guilin High-tech Development Zone, Director of management committee and secretary of Qixing District Committee
1997.05--1998.09 Member of the Standing Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of Guilin Municipal Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Guilin High-tech Development Zone, Director of the Management Committee, Secretary of the Qixing District Committee
1998.09--1998.10 Deputy Secretary and Executive Vice Mayor of Guilin Municipal Committee, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
1998.10--2001.10 Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Guilin Municipal Committee, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
2001.10--2001.12 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Guilin Municipal Party Committee
2001.12--2002.02 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Guilin Municipal Party Committee and Mayor
2002.02--2002.10 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Guilin Municipal Party Committee
2002.10--2003.04 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
2003.04--2003.09 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Member of the Party Group of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, Director of the Development Planning Commission of the Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Party Group
2003.09--2003.12 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Vice Chairman of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, Member of the Party Group, Director of the Planning Commission of the Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Party Group
2003.12--2004.02 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Vice Chairman of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, Member of the Party Group, Director of the Development Planning Commission of the Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Party Group, Director of the Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau, Secretary of the Party Group
2004.02--2004.11 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Vice Chairman of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, Member of the Party Group, Director of the Development and Reform Commission of the Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Party Group, Director of the Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau, Secretary of the Party Group
2004.11--2008.01 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Vice Chairman of the People's Government of Guangxi Autonomous Region, Member of the Party Group (2004.11-2007.1 Director of Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau, Secretary of the Party Group)
2008.01--2011.10 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Executive Vice Chairman of the Autonomous Region Government
2011.10--2014.10 Vice Minister of Commerce, Member of the Party Group
2014.10--2018.03 Director of China National Tourism Administration, Party Secretary
2018.03--2020.09 Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Deputy to the 16th, 17th and 19th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China (terminated in 2021.01), deputy to the 9th, 10th and 11th National People's Congresses, Standing Committee Member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference (terminated in 2020.08)