After a lapse of four years, there has been new progress in the Li Chuanliang case.
On October 11, the People's Court Daily published a full-page announcement by the Mudanjiang Intermediate People's Court on Li Chuanliang's corruption case. According to the announcement, the assets involved in Li Chuanliang's case exceeded 3.1 billion yuan, and Li Chuanliang used the above-mentioned illegal proceeds to invest in companies and projects under his actual control, which were used for primary land development and consolidation, real estate development, engineering construction, etc., as well as the purchase of real estate, vehicles, land, equipment, etc. After the incident, a total of RMB 1,409,875,225,290 yuan was seized and frozen, 1,021 properties were sealed, 27 land and tidal flats were sealed, 8 forest lands were sealed, 38 cars were seized, 10 sets of machinery and equipment were seized, and 18 company shares were frozen.
Announcements published in the People's Court Daily
In September 2020, the Heilongjiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Li Chuanliang, the former deputy mayor of Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, was under supervision and investigation. At that time, Li Chuanliang had fled abroad and transferred part of the stolen money involved in the case abroad.
According to the above-mentioned announcement, the Mudanjiang City Procuratorate confiscated the criminal suspect Li Chuanliang's application for illegal gains, and the Mudanjiang Intermediate People's Court found that there was evidence to prove that the criminal suspect Li Chuanliang had committed the crimes of embezzlement, bribery, embezzlement of public funds, and abuse of power, and that the crime was committed in Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province. Article 299 of the People's Republic of China Criminal Procedure Law was filed and accepted on September 29, 2024.
The announcement disclosed the basic situation of Li Chuanliang:
Criminal suspect Li Chuanliang, male, born on September 27, 1963 in Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, citizenship number 23030419630927423X, Han nationality, master's degree student culture, former director of the Jixi City Finance Bureau, former director of the Office of the Jixi State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, former deputy mayor of Jixi City, former deputy mayor of Hegang City, household registration No. 2, 12th Floor, Building 2, No. 47, Lianbu Street, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. On suspicion of committing corruption, accepting bribes, embezzlement of public funds, and abuse of power, he was investigated by the Heilongjiang Provincial Supervision Commission on July 10, 2020, and was arrested by the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Procuratorate on September 20 of the same year. Li Chuanliang fled abroad on November 15, 2018, and on December 1, 2020, the Heilongjiang Provincial Public Security Bureau issued a warrant for his arrest.
The contents of the application of the procuratorate:
The Mudanjiang City Procuratorate's application for confiscation of illegal gains [2024] No. 1 states that the criminal suspect Li Chuanliang took advantage of his position and colluded with other state functionaries to embezzle, Fraudulently obtained a total of RMB 292,5860,11967 of public property; took advantage of one's position to seek benefits for others, and took advantage of one's position or position to seek improper benefits for others through the conduct of other state functionaries in the course of their duties, and illegally accepted property totaling RMB 48,921,128 from others; took advantage of their position to embezzle a total of RMB 110,000,000 of public funds to carry out profit-making activities; and took advantage of their position to use state-owned funds to register a company without authorizationand decided to contract the project by the company under its actual control without authorization, and the illegal gains and gains totaled RMB 73,251,851,360. Criminal suspect Li Chuanliang used the above-mentioned illegal gains to invest in companies and projects under his actual personal control, used for first-level land development and consolidation, real estate development, engineering construction, etc., as well as the purchase of real estate, vehicles, land, equipment, etc., and seized and frozen funds totaling 1409,875,225,290 yuan, seized 1,021 real estates, seized 27 cases of land and tidal flats, seized 8 cases of forest land, seized 38 cars, seized 10 sets of machinery and equipment, and froze the equity of 18 companies.
The Mudanjiang City People's Procuratorate believes that criminal suspect Li Chuanliang is suspected of embezzlement, accepting bribes, embezzlement of public funds, and abuse of power. There is evidence to prove that the above-mentioned assets that have been sealed, seized, or frozen in mainland China belong to the illegal gains and proceeds of criminal suspect Li Chuanliang, and shall be recovered in accordance with law. In accordance with the provisions of Article 298 of the People's Republic of China Criminal Procedure Law, an application for confiscation of illegal gains is submitted.
The announcement pointed out that during the announcement period, the close relatives and other interested parties of the criminal suspect Li Chuanliang may apply in writing to the Mudanjiang Intermediate People's Court to participate in the litigation, and may also entrust an agent ad litem to participate in the litigation; Li Chuanliang's close relatives who apply to participate in the litigation shall provide materials proving their relationship with Li Chuanliang; Where other interested parties apply to participate in the litigation, they shall provide evidence of their rights to the property for which the application is forfeited. If you do not declare your rights in accordance with the regulations, you may bear adverse legal consequences. The period of this announcement is six months, and after the expiration of the announcement period, the Mudanjiang Intermediate People's Court will hear the case in accordance with the law.
Li Chuanliang's resume
Li Chuanliang, male, Han nationality, born in September 1963, from Jixi, Heilongjiang, started working in September 1983, joined the Communist Party of China in June 1990, graduated from the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University, majoring in business administration, on-the-job postgraduate degree, executive master's degree in business administration, senior accountant.
1981.09—1983.09 Suihua Supply and Marketing School, majoring in finance and accounting
1983.09—1987.12 Clerk, Industrial and Financial Section, Jixi Finance Bureau
1987.12—1993.10 Deputy Chief of the Industry and Finance Section of Jixi Finance Bureau
1993.10—1996.12 Chief of Industry and Finance Section, Jixi Finance Bureau
1996.12—1997.09 Chief Accountant of Jixi Iron and Steel Company
1997.09—2000.04 Deputy Director of Jixi Finance Bureau
2000.04—2000.05 Deputy Director and Researcher of Jixi Finance Bureau (seconded to the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Finance in Heilongjiang Province)
2000.05—2003.07 General Manager of Heilongjiang Xinzheng Investment Guarantee Company
2003.07—2009.12 Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of Jixi Finance Bureau, Director of the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Office, and Director of the Municipal Agricultural Development Office
2009.12—2011.12 Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of Jixi Finance Bureau, Director of the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Office
2011.12—2012.01 Member of the Party Leadership Group of Jixi Municipal Government, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Municipal Finance Bureau
2012.01—2014.04 Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Mayor of Jixi Municipal Government
2014.04—2014.05 Candidate for Deputy Mayor of Hegang Municipal Government
2014.05—2016.12 Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Mayor of Hegang Municipal Government
2017.03 Resigned from public office
Source: China News Network, The Paper, Qinglian Longjiang