Analysis of the case of Wang Xiang, former deputy director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Yunnan Province, who seriously violated discipline and the law

"Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains" will eventually be "exhausted"

——Analysis of the case of Wang Xiang, former deputy director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Yunnan Province and former director of the Provincial Coal Industry Administration, who seriously violated discipline and the law

The original intention of relying on the mountains and eating the mountains is to encourage people to become rich according to the existing conditions and local conditions. However, some party members and cadres regard the power to serve the masses as a "tool" for making profits, making "relying on the mountains and eating the mountains" a new model of corruption.

Wang Xiang, former deputy director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Yunnan Province and former director of the Provincial Coal Industry Administration, read the "business economy" of "relying on the mountains to eat the mountains", and finally "the mountains and rivers were exhausted". On March 26, 2019, with the approval of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection supervision and supervision filed a case for review and investigation of Wang Xiang and took measures to retain him in custody. Because of serious violations of discipline and the law, and suspected of committing crimes, Wang Xiang was expelled from the party and public office, and transferred to the procuratorial organs for examination and prosecution according to law.

The mentality is unbalanced, thinking that it is safe to collect "buddy" money

"I often don't have enough to fill my stomach, and my wish was to be able to eat a full meal every day." Wang Xiang was born in an ordinary peasant family, and the hard life of his childhood spurred him to study hard with his own strength and jump out of the "agricultural door".

Although his life was hard when he was a child, Wang Xiang did not suffer major setbacks on the road to study; after joining the work, Wang Xiang's career was smooth and frank, and his position was higher and higher, which was also smooth.

Under the careful cultivation of the organization, Wang Xiang has gradually grown from a coal technician to the director of the Provincial Coal Industry Administration and the deputy director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology. In his 36 years of work, he has made some achievements, should have cherished the honor, and worked harder, but he was blinded by power and interests, and gradually walked into the abyss of violating discipline and law.

In February 2006, Wang Xiang was appointed deputy director of the Provincial Coal Industry Bureau, and in February 2008, he became the director of the bureau, becoming a deputy department-level leading cadre.

However, Wang Xiang's mentality was "distorted" at this stage. "On the one hand, from provincial state-owned enterprises to organs, the status has changed, the salary treatment has also decreased, and it is difficult to accept the income gap for a while." On the other hand, the scope of the people I interact with is wider, the fish and dragons are mixed, and my requirements for myself have also been reduced, and I think that etiquette and exchanges are very common in society. ”

According to the case-handling personnel, from collecting thousands of yuan of tobacco and alcohol to taking tens of thousands of yuan and hundreds of thousands of yuan of property, Wang Xiang seemed to be cautious every time, and even took the initiative to refuse and return, and he only received money and goods from people who had been trusted. Wang Xiang himself said that he once believed that accepting so-called "buddy friends" property would not be discovered and would be safe.

With the promotion of his position, Wang Xiang began to accept tobacco, alcohol and gifts from subordinates and coal bosses, and developed into accepting bribes and demanding bribes. "And I'm getting more and more bosses who are close to me and snuggled up to me. In the pursuit of 'leaders, bureau chiefs, department heads', I slowly floated up, lost myself, and relaxed the bottom line. ”

Wang Xiang, whose mentality was already unbalanced, wanted to become an official and wanted to get rich, and even arranged for illegal businessmen to pay for him to be extorted, and the relationship between government and business was unclear.

Only a small amount of money is collected, and over time it adds up to a large sum

At the beginning, Wang Xiang's boldness was not great, looking forward and backward, suffering from gains and losses, and the psychology of "holding the pipa and half covering his face" accompanied his behavior of receiving gifts and accepting bribes.

Ants move, accumulating less into more. The development of things always changes from quantity to quality, and if people do not know, unless they do nothing. "Every time I collect money, I feel like I am on the verge of the abyss, and I don't dare to ask for a large amount of money, so I only collect some small money, thinking that there will be no problem, and now it adds up to a big sum." Wang Xiang said frankly.

From 2007 to 2019, when Wang Xiang served as deputy director and director of the Provincial Coal Industry Bureau, deputy director of the Provincial Industry and Information Technology Commission, director of the Provincial Coal Industry Administration, and deputy director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, he was suspected of accepting or demanding bribes of RMB3.133 million from 22 people, including Zhu Shubu, secretary of the party committee and manager of the former Dongyuan Coal Industry Group Coal Supply and Marketing Corporation (who was investigated and punished for suspected bribery in 2015) and Li Moumou, the owner of a mining company, in terms of personnel transfer, coal mine project approval, coal mine operation qualification certificate handling and work coordination , US$20,000 and HK$60,000.

During the initial audit of the organization, he colluded with the coal mine owner to confess to so-and-so and Tang xxx, and formed an offensive and defensive alliance, with the intention of concealing the problem of accepting 2 people's property and resisting the organization's review.

Provided false information to the organization, concealing the fact that luo moumou, the owner of the coal mine, borrowed 2.465 million yuan to buy a house for his daughter in Hong Kong.

He has repeatedly accepted gifts such as high-grade tobacco and alcohol from Yang Hao, then director of the local coal industry bureau of Yunnan Province (investigated and punished in another case), Yang XX, sheng xx, and others, the bosses of private enterprises.

Take advantage of the influence of his position to greet and contract business for his relative Rao X's company and seek benefits.

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In the face of one ironclad fact after another, even Wang Xiang himself felt incredible, inadvertently going so far on the road of violating discipline and law.

Lucky, self-clever into the "quagmire"

"During the work of the Provincial Coal Industry Administration and the Provincial Industry and Information Technology Commission, due to the characteristics of the industry, other leaders were not familiar with coal work, and the work lacked supervision and restraint, so that their own behavior was unregulated, so that they were bold." Wang Xiang wrote in his confessional.

Lack of oversight of power inevitably leads to corruption. Looking at Wang Xiang's history of violating discipline and law, although there are objective reasons such as the defects of the system and the lack of supervision, as the "number one" who holds the power of coal approval, he is not unaware of the risks, nor is he unaware of the provisions of discipline and law. The imbalance of mentality, the influence of the environment, and the psychology of luck made Wang Xiang eventually overwhelmed by desire and become a tool for the so-called "businessman friends" and "brothers" to seek improper interests.

"The matters entrusted to the request must be complete and the procedures are compliant, Wang Xiang just greeted the subordinates in speeding up the approval process, he felt that there was no risk, and it was reasonable to collect some thanks." According to the censorship investigators, driven by this psychology, Wang Xiang thought that he was cautious and seamless, but in fact he was "covering his ears and stealing the bell."

Coal bosses have long been aware of his "little cleverness" and think he is "very cunning". In order to speed up the approval process of the project, we all know how to "dot" him. In fact, at that time, Wang Xiang was already sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire of power and money trading, and his eyes were confused.

Wang Xiang regarded Yang Hao, former director of the Yunnan Provincial Local Coal Mining Bureau, as a "buddy friend", and took advantage of his position as deputy director of the Provincial Industry and Information Technology Commission to provide assistance to Yang Hao's units and his job adjustments, and entrusted important business to Yang Hao to handle. Yang Hao used his power to convey benefits to Wang Xiang behind his back by setting up a "small treasury" and privately dividing up state-owned assets.

Because he believed that there was a "special relationship" behind the owner of a certain enterprise, Yang XX, and his hands and eyes were in the sky, Wang Xiang accepted Gifts and Gifts from Yang XX without scruples, took advantage of his position to provide help for Yang XX to obtain benefits, and became Yang XX's "prey".

"At any time, you cannot easily believe two kinds of people, one kind of person is very capable of working, can speak the Tao, seems to be loyal to you, but in his bones he is not right-minded, tries to please you, and does things that violate discipline and the law behind your back; the other is the boss who plays the brand of 'special relationship', and when you naively think that he has a 'special relationship', you relax your vigilance and slowly you are 'hunted'." It was not until after being retained that Wang Xiang woke up like a dream and truthfully confessed his violations of discipline and law.

The investigation and handling of Wang Xiang's case of violating discipline and the law is only a microcosm of the Yunnan discipline inspection and supervision organs' rectification of corruption in "relying on mountains and eating mountains." Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels in Yunnan Province have pointed to key areas such as the financial industry, mineral resources, and tobacco systems; Jiang Zhaogang, Kong Caimei, Guo Yuansheng, Liu Gang, Yu Yundong, and other industries that "rely on mountains and eat mountains" have been dug up, and the political ecology of the industry has been further repaired and purified. (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection State Supervision Commission website Li Lingna Yunnan Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission Supervision Commission He Yongkun Zhao Zhibo)

Source: Website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission