Discipline inspection "inner ghost" Liu Lixian was prosecuted

Image source: website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission

Where the amount of property illegally accepted from others is particularly huge, criminal responsibility shall be pursued for the crime of accepting bribes in accordance with law.

Chu Xiaoqiang丨Text

Eight months after being investigated, Liu Lixian's bribery case ushered in new progress.

On May 14, the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued a notice on its website that the case of Liu Lixian, former member of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, who was suspected of accepting bribes, had been investigated by the State Supervision Commission. Recently, the People's Procuratorate of Dezhou City, Shandong Province, has filed a public prosecution against Liu Lixian's case with the Dezhou Intermediate People's Court.

It is learned from the prosecution charges of the procuratorate that Liu Lixian took advantage of his position as director of the Technical Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, member of the Party Committee, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and vice president of the China Huarong Asset Management Corporation, member of the Party Committee and secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, to seek benefits for others, and also took advantage of the convenient conditions formed by his own authority or position to seek improper benefits for others and illegally accept property from others through the conduct of other state functionaries in his position, and the amount was particularly huge, and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for the crime of accepting bribes in accordance with the law.

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Knowing discipline and violating discipline and breaking the law in knowledge of the law

Tracing the time of Liu Lixian's "fall", as early as September 15, 2023, Liu Lixian was subject to disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law.

According to the notice on January 19, 2024, with the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission conducted a case review and investigation on Liu Lixian, former member of the ICBC Party Committee and secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, for serious violations of discipline and law. After investigation, Liu Lixian lost his ideals and beliefs, betrayed his original mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the party, obtained overseas identity in violation of regulations, and concealed it for a long time.

In addition, Liu Lixian violated the spirit of the eight regulations of the central government by accepting arrangements for tourism activities; Ignoring organizational principles, seeking benefits for others and accepting money and property in the selection of cadres and the recruitment of employees; The bottom line of integrity is broken, illegal acceptance of gifts and gift cards, and long-term borrowing of management and service target vehicles.

Liu Lixian has also been accused of interfering and meddling in market economic activities; Violating discipline and law enforcement, seriously damaging the image of discipline inspection and supervision cadres, using the power given by the organization as a tool for personal gain, engaging in power-for-money transactions on a large scale, taking advantage of their positions to seek benefits for others in case handling and enterprise operations, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.

At that time, the circular pointed out that Liu Lixian had seriously violated the party's political, organizational, honest, and work disciplines, constituted a serious violation of the law and was suspected of taking bribes, which was serious in nature and had a bad impact, and should be seriously dealt with.

In accordance with the relevant provisions, after the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was decided to expel Liu Lixian from the party; revoke their entitlement; confiscate their disciplinary and illegal gains; The issue of their suspected crime is to be transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with law, and the property involved is also transferred.

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He has participated in several rounds of central inspections

Liu Lixian was born in June 1954, is 70 years old and graduated from Jilin University.

Looking back on his career, he has worked in the Supreme People's Procuratorate for many years, and has served as the deputy director of the Corruption and Bribery Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the deputy director of the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Bureau, the director of the Procuratorial Technology Bureau, and the director of the Procuratorial Theory Research Institute.

However, what people did not expect was that Liu Lixian, whose work had been concentrated in the field of discipline inspection and anti-corruption for a long time, had become an "internal ghost" in the discipline inspection system, knowing that he had violated discipline and violated the law, and was suspected of accepting bribes and the amount was particularly huge.

In addition to his long-term service in the field of discipline inspection and anti-corruption, Liu Lixian also has more than ten years of experience in the financial industry.

In September 2003, Liu Lixian was appointed as the vice president of China Huarong Asset Management Corporation. In 2005, he was transferred to ICBC as the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was appointed as an Executive Director of ICBC in July 2013.

In December 2014, Liu Lixian resigned as an executive director of ICBC and a member of the Related Party Transaction Control Committee due to reaching the statutory retirement age.

Prior to this, Liu Lixian participated in many rounds of central inspections. In March 2014, Liu Lixian joined the 11th Central Inspection Group as a deputy leader, and from 2014 to 2017, he participated in the inspection of central enterprises such as Huadian Group, Guodian Group, Harbin Electric Group, China First Heavy Machinery Group, Chinese People's Insurance Group, and national ministries and commissions such as the General Administration of Sports, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the State Civil Service Bureau.

In September 2023, Liu Lixian voluntarily surrendered, and then reported that he was investigated.

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A number of ICBC executives were investigated

In 2023, when Liu Lixian was "dismissed", more than 10 people in the ICBC system were investigated or expelled from the party.

In May 2023, Zhang Xigang, former member of the Party Committee and vice president of ICBC Tianjin Branch, was investigated;

In August, Qiu Shijie, member of the Party Committee and vice president of the Hubei Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was investigated;

In September, Liu Lixian was dismissed;

In November, Zhang Hongli, former member of the Party Committee and vice president of ICBC, was investigated, and Zhang Xiaoxin, former party secretary (president) of ICBC Heilongjiang Branch, and An Liyan, former deputy general manager of the investment banking department of ICBC head office, were investigated in the same month;

In December, Yu Long, former secretary of the party committee and president of the Fujian branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was investigated, and Hua Yaogang, former secretary of the party committee and president of the Tianjin branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was investigated in the same month.

Entering 2024, many of the above-mentioned persons under investigation have recently ushered in the progress of the case.

On May 7, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission notified An Liyan, the former deputy general manager of the investment banking department of the head office of ICBC, on the investigation of An Liyan.

After investigation, An Liyan, as a leading cadre of a party member of a state-owned financial enterprise, lost her ideals and beliefs, forgot her original mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the organization, and deliberately resisted organizational review; Ignoring the spirit of the eight central regulations and the requirements of honesty and discipline, accepting gifts and money from subordinates and management service recipients for a long time, accepting banquets and travel arrangements that may affect the fair performance of official duties in violation of regulations, using public vehicles for private purposes, reimbursing expenses that should be paid by oneself at the unit, borrowing large sums of money from management service recipients, and engaging in profit-making activities in violation of regulations.

At the same time, An Liyan had no organizational principles, sought benefits for others and accepted property in the selection of cadres and employees, and did not report relevant personal matters in accordance with regulations; Irresponsible work and negligent management have resulted in huge losses of state-owned assets. The concept of power is alienated, and he uses his position to facilitate the financing of enterprises to seek benefits, and accepts huge amounts of property through illegal investments.

Because An Liyan seriously violated the party's political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline and work discipline, it constituted a serious violation of public office and was suspected of taking bribes, and she did not restrain or stop after the 18th and 19th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China, which was serious in nature and had a bad impact. After the study of the Party Committee of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, it was decided to expel An Liyan from the party; revoke their entitlement; confiscate their disciplinary and illegal gains; At the same time, it was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with law, and the property involved was transferred with the case.

Two days after An Liyan's suspected bribery case was reported, Zhang Hongli, former member of the Party Committee and vice president of ICBC, also ushered in the results of the investigation.

After investigation, Zhang Hongli was obsessed with his mind, made friends with political brokers, engaged in the exchange of interests, made political capital, engaged in superstitious activities, read books with serious political problems, and resisted organizational censorship. He used the private jet of the management service object free of charge, accepted travel arrangements that might affect the fair performance of official duties, and organized banquets and travel at public expense in violation of regulations.

At the same time, Zhang Hongli accepted gifts in violation of regulations, used buses in violation of regulations, reimbursed personal expenses, and served in violation of regulations after leaving office; They have no bottom line of discipline and law, use public power to set up rents and seek rents, engage in power-for-money transactions on a large scale, take advantage of their positions to seek benefits for others in loans, financing, job arrangements, etc., and illegally accept huge amounts of property.

What's even more unbelievable is that Zhang Hongli also has the illegal act of "fraudulently obtaining a doctorate", which is relatively rare among officials or financial executives who have been investigated in the past. According to public information, Zhang Hongli holds a doctorate degree in management science and engineering from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In contrast, the above-mentioned doctorate should be the doctorate obtained by "fraud" as stated in the circular.