2014年末盘点：六大关键词透视反腐
10 years, 3 months ago

2014年末盘点：六大关键词透视反腐

China Daily  

Key words VI: Low-level officials extremely corrupt 关键词六：查处“小官巨腐” Grassroot officials were found to be corruptly taking advantage of land appropriation, house demolition and resettlement, and project approvals to embezzle government funds. Ma Chaoqun, a former general manager of the State-owned water company in Beidaihe district in Hebei province, was reported to have stashed 120 million yuan in cash and 37 kilograms of gold. Zhang Xinhua misappropriated nearly 400 million yuan between June 1998 and May 2013, when he was manager of the Baiyun Industrial and Agricultural Corporation. Chen Wanshou, an accountant in a village in the Haidian district of Beijing illegally diverted 119 million yuan for his personal use.

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Former Sichuan official gets 16 years for bribery and firearms possession
1 month ago

Former Sichuan official gets 16 years for bribery and firearms possession

China Daily  

By CANG WEI in Nanjing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-02-24 20:11 Yang Kening, a former senior political advisor in Sichuan province, was sentenced to 16 years in prison and fined 4 million yuan on Monday for charges including bribery and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The intermediate people's court of Nantong in Jiangsu province handed down a 15-year prison …

Former COFCO executive sentenced to 12 years for bribery and abuse of power
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Former COFCO executive sentenced to 12 years for bribery and abuse of power

China Daily  

Zhou Zheng, a former deputy general manager of COFCO Group, one of China's leading agricultural and food companies, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for bribery, embezzlement, and abuse of power, a court in northern China announced. Zhou, who held various roles at COFCO from 1998 to 2023 — including chairman of COFCO Land Holdings Limited and Grandjoy …

Former COFCO executive sentenced to 12 years for bribery and abuse of power
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Former COFCO executive sentenced to 12 years for bribery and abuse of power

China Daily  

Zhou Zheng, a former deputy general manager of COFCO Group, one of China's leading agricultural and food companies, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for bribery, embezzlement, and abuse of power, a court in northern China announced. Zhou, who held various roles at COFCO from 1998 to 2023 — including chairman of COFCO Land Holdings Limited and Grandjoy …

Former senior official of Guangxi sentenced to 13 years
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Former senior official of Guangxi sentenced to 13 years

China Daily  

A former senior official in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery on Wednesday, according to the Intermediate People's Court of Changde city in Hunan province. Zhang Xiulong, former vice-chairman of the standing committee of the People's Congress of Guangxi, was convicted of accepting bribes totaling more than 41.19 million yuan. According to …

Former XPCC senior official sentenced to 14 years in prison
3 months ago

Former XPCC senior official sentenced to 14 years in prison

China Daily  

Jiao Xiaoping, former deputy commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crime of taking bribery of more than 67.43 million yuan, a court in Chongqing announced on Monday. Jiao, who is also a former standing committee member of the Communist Party of China committee of the corps, was also fined …

Former XPCC senior official sentenced to 14 years in prison
3 months ago

Former XPCC senior official sentenced to 14 years in prison

China Daily  

Jiao Xiaoping, former deputy commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crime of taking bribery of more than 67.43 million yuan, a court in Chongqing announced on Monday. Jiao, who is also a former standing committee member of the Communist Party of China committee of the corps, was also fined …

Former chairman of state-owned bank China Everbright Group jailed for 12 years for corruption
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Former chairman of state-owned bank China Everbright Group jailed for 12 years for corruption

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A former chairman of the state-owned bank China Everbright Group was jailed 12 years for embezzlement and bribery, official broadcaster CCTV said Tuesday. Tang Shuangning, who had also held senior posts at the People’s Bank of China and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, was arrested in January, part of a wider wave of prosecutions of senior officials accused …

China's top court reiterates 'zero tolerance' of corruption
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China's top court reiterates 'zero tolerance' of corruption

China Daily  

China's top court has directed courts nationwide to continue the fight against corruption with "zero tolerance" and focus more on solving cases involving livelihood, including education, healthcare and housing, as such disputes are more closely related to the people. Wudang District People's Court in Guiyang identified Zhong's behavior as the crimes of bribery and money laundering, sentencing Zhong to 11 …

Ex-Bank of China chairman sentenced to death for accepting $16.8 million in bribes
4 months ago

Ex-Bank of China chairman sentenced to death for accepting $16.8 million in bribes

India Today  

The former chairman of the Bank of China, Liu Liange, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption and illegal issuance of loans. He was found to have accepted bribes worth over 121 million yuan, a court in Jinan city in China's eastern Shandong Province said in its verdict. The court found that Liu had taken …

Former official at securities regulator expelled from CPC
4 months, 1 week ago

Former official at securities regulator expelled from CPC

China Daily  

Yao Qian, a former official of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from public office for serious violations of the Party disciplines and national laws, the country's top anti-corruption authorities announced after an investigation. The announcement was disclosed on Wednesday in an online statement by the discipline inspection and the …

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced

China Daily  

Chen Jixing, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday for illegally accepting money and property worth over 278 million yuan. Chen, 70, was also deprived of political rights for life and had all his personal property confiscated during a trial at the Guilin Intermediate People’s …

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced

China Daily  

Chen Jixing, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday for illegally accepting money and property worth over 278 million yuan. Chen, 70, was also deprived of political rights for life and had all his personal property confiscated during a trial at the Guilin Intermediate People’s …

Former Heilongjiang official receives 13-year sentence for bribery
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Heilongjiang official receives 13-year sentence for bribery

China Daily  

Qu Min, the former vice-chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined 3 million yuan for the crime of bribery, according to a report by China Central Television on Wednesday. During a public trial at the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang province on Wednesday, the …

Former head of one of China’s top state-owned phone companies sentenced to 16 years for corruption
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Former head of one of China’s top state-owned phone companies sentenced to 16 years for corruption

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A Chinese court sentenced the former head of one of the country’s three major state-owned phone carriers to 16 years in prison Tuesday on charges of accepting bribes and abusing his authority, part of leader Xi Jinping’s politically-tinged anti-corruption campaign. Xi’s campaign has ensnared thousands of Chinese officials and executives of state-owned companies in a long-running crackdown on …

The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is being investigated for alleged corruption
1 year ago

The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is being investigated for alleged corruption

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is under investigation for corruption, the latest in a series of graft investigations focused on the country’s financial sector. Others who have been targeted for alleged corruption include a former Chinese central bank senior official, Sun Guofeng, who was sentenced to over 16 years in prison for accepting bribes. …

Former Bank of China chairman indicted for bribery in nation’s long-running anticorruption drive
1 year, 1 month ago

Former Bank of China chairman indicted for bribery in nation’s long-running anticorruption drive

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The former chairman of the Bank of China has been indicted on bribery charges, prosecutors said Monday, adding to a long list of business and government officials who have been brought down by Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s yearslong anticorruption drive. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate announced last month that Tang Shuangning, the former chairman of China Everbright Group, another …

Beijing police investigate major Chinese shadow bank Zhongzhi after it says it’s insolvent
1 year, 4 months ago

Beijing police investigate major Chinese shadow bank Zhongzhi after it says it’s insolvent

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Police are investigating suspected crimes of a Chinese wealth company owned by Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, according to the Beijing Public Security Bureau, days after the firm told investors it was insolvent. Zhongzhi is one of China’s largest shadow banks, companies that provide financial services similar to banks while operating outside of banking regulations. As one of the …

Chinese actor Zheng Shuang fined £33.5 million for tax evasion
3 years, 7 months ago

Chinese actor Zheng Shuang fined £33.5 million for tax evasion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chinese actor Zheng Shuang has …

China condemns 2 ex-Xinjiang officials on separatism charges
3 years, 11 months ago

China condemns 2 ex-Xinjiang officials on separatism charges

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sattar Sawut and Shirzat Bawudun …

Former Chief of China's Top State Lender Lai Xiaomin Executed for Corruption Worth $276 Million & Bigamy
4 years, 2 months ago

Former Chief of China's Top State Lender Lai Xiaomin Executed for Corruption Worth $276 Million & Bigamy

News 18  

Lai Xiaomin, former chief of China's top state-owned asset management company, was executed on Friday after a court sentenced him to death for corruption involving $276 million and bigamy. The Second Municipal Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin, which sentenced him to death, earlier in its ruling said that between 2008 and 2018, Lai, former board chairman of China Huarong Asset …

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death
4 years, 2 months ago

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former head of state-owned …

China Sentences Ex-chairman of Asset Management Company for Seeking Bribes, Bigamy
4 years, 2 months ago

China Sentences Ex-chairman of Asset Management Company for Seeking Bribes, Bigamy

News 18  

The former chairman of China’s Huarong Asset Management Co was sentenced to death, a court in the northern city of Tianjin said on Tuesday, in one of the country’s highest profile corruption cases. Lai Xiaomin was convicted of receiving or seeking bribes totalling 1.788 billion yuan from 2008 to 2018, when he was also a senior banking regulator, according to …

Ren Zhiqiang: China jails Xi critic for 18 years for corruption
4 years, 6 months ago

Ren Zhiqiang: China jails Xi critic for 18 years for corruption

Al Jazeera  

Ren Zhiqiang disappeared from public view in March after criticising Xi Jinping’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak. Ren Zhiqiang, once among the ruling Communist Party’s inner circle and the former chairman of Huayuan, a state-owned real estate group, was also fined 4.2 million yuan, according to a statement from the Beijing No 2 Intermediate Court on Tuesday. It also said …

Corrupt Xinjiang ex-official sentenced
7 years, 4 months ago

Corrupt Xinjiang ex-official sentenced

China Daily  

A former deputy security chief of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, including taking bribes and arranging jobs in the legal system, according to China Judgments Online on Monday. Xie Hui accepted about 42.3 million yuan in bribes, ignored his duty, held property worth about 49.8 million yuan from unclear sources …

124 arrested for fraud in northeast China
7 years, 6 months ago

124 arrested for fraud in northeast China

China Daily  

CHANGCHUN - A total of 124 people in connection with more than 280 Internet and telecom fraud cases were apprehended in northeast China's Jilin Province, local police said Tuesday. Police started investigating in May, when a resident in Liaoyuan City claimed she had lost more than 540,000 yuan of investment in an online company in Shaanxi Province. Police went to …

2 suspected of bilking fugitive out of 20m yuan
7 years, 8 months ago

2 suspected of bilking fugitive out of 20m yuan

China Daily  

China's most-wanted fugitive Guo Wengui was cheated out of 20 million yuan by two fraudsters, one of them pretending to be a relative of senior officials and posing as a senior military officer, police said. After claiming to have a connection with senior officials, Zhao was offered 20 million yuan in exchange for helping to free one of Guo's secretaries, …

2 suspected of bilking fugitive out of 20m yuan
7 years, 8 months ago

2 suspected of bilking fugitive out of 20m yuan

China Daily  

China's most-wanted fugitive Guo Wengui was cheated out of 20 million yuan by two fraudsters, one of them pretending to be a relative of senior officials and posing as a senior military officer, police said. After claiming to have a connection with senior officials, Zhao was offered 20 million yuan in exchange for helping to free one of Guo's secretaries, …

Associates of fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for fraud
7 years, 9 months ago

Associates of fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for fraud

China Daily  

Three former associates of fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui have been convicted of fraudulently obtaining a loan and foreign currency on Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Lyu Tao, the former deputy general manager of Beijing Pangu Investment Inc, a company controlled by Guo, was sentenced to two years and three months, and Xie Honglin, the former manager of the company's …

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years for bribery, illegal foreign exchange purchase
7 years, 10 months ago

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years for bribery, illegal foreign exchange purchase

China Daily  

HANGZHOU - Zhao Shaolin, a former provincial-level official in east China's Jiangsu Province, was sentenced by a court in Zhejiang Province to four years in prison Thursday for graft and illegally purchasing foreign exchange. Zhao, a former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Jiangsu provincial committee and secretary-general of the provincial Party committee, was also …

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years
7 years, 10 months ago

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years

China Daily  

HANGZHOU -- Zhao Shaolin, a former provincial-level official in east China's Jiangsu Province, was sentenced by a court in Zhejiang Province to four years in prison Thursday for graft and illegally purchasing foreign exchange. Zhao, a former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Jiangsu provincial committee and secretary-general of the provincial Party committee, was also …

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years for bribery, illegal foreign exchange purchase
7 years, 10 months ago

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years for bribery, illegal foreign exchange purchase

China Daily  

HANGZHOU - Zhao Shaolin, a former provincial-level official in east China's Jiangsu Province, was sentenced by a court in Zhejiang Province to four years in prison Thursday for graft and illegally purchasing foreign exchange. Zhao, a former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Jiangsu provincial committee and secretary-general of the provincial Party committee, was also …

Former Qinghai official gets life sentence for corruption
7 years, 10 months ago

Former Qinghai official gets life sentence for corruption

China Daily  

LANZHOU - Mao Xiaobing, a former high-ranking official from northwest China's Qinghai Province, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for taking bribes and embezzling public funds. The Intermediate People's Court in the city of Lanzhou found that Mao, former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Qinghai Provincial Committee, had accepted bribes worth over 104 …

Former Qinghai official gets life sentence for corruption
7 years, 10 months ago

Former Qinghai official gets life sentence for corruption

China Daily  

LANZHOU - Mao Xiaobing, a former high-ranking official from northwest China's Qinghai Province, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for taking bribes and embezzling public funds. The Intermediate People's Court in the city of Lanzhou found that Mao, former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Qinghai Provincial Committee, had accepted bribes worth over 104 …

1 ex-official sentenced, 1 pleads guilty in corruption cases
7 years, 10 months ago

1 ex-official sentenced, 1 pleads guilty in corruption cases

China Daily  

Wang Baoan, former head of the National Bureau of Statistics, pleaded guilty on Thursday to accepting 154 million yuan in the Zhangjiakou Intermediate People's Court, Hebei province. In a separate case on the same day, in Lanzhou, Gansu province, Mao Xiaobing, a former high-ranking official from Qinghai province, was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes and embezzling public …

1 ex-official sentenced, 1 pleads guilty in corruption cases
7 years, 10 months ago

1 ex-official sentenced, 1 pleads guilty in corruption cases

China Daily  

Wang Baoan, former head of the National Bureau of Statistics, pleaded guilty on Thursday to accepting 154 million yuan in the Zhangjiakou Intermediate People's Court, Hebei province. In a separate case on the same day, in Lanzhou, Gansu province, Mao Xiaobing, a former high-ranking official from Qinghai province, was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes and embezzling public …

Courts try 2 high-ranking officials for bribery; 1 sentenced to 15 years in prison
7 years, 11 months ago

Courts try 2 high-ranking officials for bribery; 1 sentenced to 15 years in prison

China Daily  

Zhang Yue, the former top official in charge of political and legal affairs in Hebei province, was tried on charges of taking bribes of more than 157 million yuan. The bribery case was tried in open court at Changzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu province on Thursday, the court said in a statement on its website. The Changzhou People's Procuratorate …

Former senior Jiangsu official stands trial for graft
8 years, 3 months ago

Former senior Jiangsu official stands trial for graft

China Daily  

HANGZHOU -- Zhao Shaolin, a former provincial-level official in East China's Jiangsu province, stood trial on Tuesday on charges of offering bribes and purchasing foreign exchange through deception at a court in Zhejiang province. Prosecutors alleged that Zhao, a former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Jiangsu provincial committee and secretary-general of the provincial Party …

Former Shanxi deputy governor given a life sentence
8 years, 3 months ago

Former Shanxi deputy governor given a life sentence

China Daily  

NANJING - Du Shanxue, former deputy governor of Shanxi province in north China, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption, according to Xuzhou City Intermediate People's Court on Tuesday. Du, who was a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, accepted bribes totaling 80 million yuan either personally or through …

Ex-official jailed for bribery
8 years, 3 months ago

Ex-official jailed for bribery

China Daily  

Qiu He, former deputy Party chief in Yunnan province, has been convicted of bribery and sentenced to 14 years and six months in jail, according to a court in Guizhou province. Qiu, 59, was also fined 2 million yuan, while all his ill-gotten assets were confiscated and retuned to the State, according to the verdict from the Guiyang City Intermediate …

Former senior political advisor sentenced to 13 years for graft
8 years, 3 months ago

Former senior political advisor sentenced to 13 years for graft

China Daily  

NANCHANG - Si Xinliang, a former senior political advisor in East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for accepting bribes amounting to nearly 20 million yuan by a court in Jiangxi province on Tuesday. Personal assets worth 2 million yuan belonging to Si, formerly vice chairman of the Zhejiang provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political …

Former Xinjiang senior lawmaker jailed for bribery
8 years, 4 months ago

Former Xinjiang senior lawmaker jailed for bribery

China Daily  

Former Xinjiang senior lawmaker jailed for bribery Xinhua | Updated: 2016-11-19 07:13 XINING - A former senior legislator of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was sentenced to 12 years in prison for accepting bribes, according to court verdict announced on Friday. Li Zhi, former deputy head of the standing committee of Xinjiang regional people's congress, was also fined 1 …

Ex-official sentenced to jail for corruption
8 years, 4 months ago

Ex-official sentenced to jail for corruption

China Daily  

Zhang Lijun, former vice-minister of environmental protection, was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday for taking bribes worth 2.43 million yuan, a local court in Beijing ruled. In July last year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country's top anti-graft watchdog, announced an investigation into Zhang for "serious discipline violations" two years after his retirement. Last year, …

Steps taken to 'speed up' corrupt fugitives' return from US[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 5 months ago

Steps taken to 'speed up' corrupt fugitives' return from US[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

China, US said to be 'in advanced negotiations' on 5 most-wanted officials Yang Jinjun, former general manager of Minghe Group in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, was repatriated in September last year. Chinese and US judicial authorities have been speeding up negotiations on returning five most-wanted corrupt Chinese officials, who are still on the run in the United States, to face trial …

Man gets compensation for wrongful conviction
8 years, 10 months ago

Man gets compensation for wrongful conviction

China Daily  

Chen Man HAIKOU -- Wrongly convicted of murder and arson, Chen Man, who served 23 years behind bars, was awarded compensation of 2.75 million yuan on Friday.Yan Xianwen, spokesman for Hainan Higher People's Court, said that 1.85 million yuan was compensation for wrongfully deprivation of personal freedom for 8,437 days, based on the standard daily per-capita income. The rest was …

Devaluation of yuan 'not on agenda', minister says
9 years, 1 month ago

Devaluation of yuan 'not on agenda', minister says

China Daily  

An employee counts yuan banknotes at a bank in Huaibei, Anhui province June 22, 2015. As China prepares to host a meeting of G20 central bankers and finance ministers in Shanghai, a proposal to devalue the yuan is only "media hype", said Finance Minister Lou Jiwei. In the run-up to the meeting of top bankers and financial officials from the …

Royally bizarre: Chinese farmer pretended to be princess to commit fraud
9 years, 6 months ago

Royally bizarre: Chinese farmer pretended to be princess to commit fraud

Firstpost  

A farmer who pretended to be a princess descended from the Qing dynasty to swindle people out of more than 2 million yuan has been sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison for fraud, a court said. Beijing: A farmer who pretended to be a princess descended from the Qing dynasty to swindle people out of more than …

葛朗台式贪官 (gelangtai shi tanguan): Miserly corrupt official
9 years, 8 months ago

葛朗台式贪官 (gelangtai shi tanguan): Miserly corrupt official

China Daily  

Zhu Dongsheng, former director of a government division of Zhenjiang, East China's Jiangsu province, is under investigation for corruption. However, he took advantage of his approval authority to take bribes of more than 1.95 million yuan, and he has been called a "miserly corrupt official" by the media. The former deputy director of the coal department of the National Energy …

2014年末盘点：六大关键词透视反腐[6]
10 years, 3 months ago

2014年末盘点：六大关键词透视反腐[6]

China Daily  

Key words VI: Low-level officials extremely corrupt 关键词六：查处“小官巨腐” Grassroot officials were found to be corruptly taking advantage of land appropriation, house demolition and resettlement, and project approvals to embezzle government funds. Ma Chaoqun, a former general manager of the State-owned water company in Beidaihe district in Hebei province, was reported to have stashed 120 million yuan in cash and 37 …

Bribe-taking former Party official gets 17 years
11 years, 1 month ago

Bribe-taking former Party official gets 17 years

China Daily  

SHIJIAZHUANG - A former Party official of a county in North China's Hebei province has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for taking bribes, a court statement said on Wednesday. Liu Fucheng, former secretary of the county committee of the Communist Party of China of Guyuan, was convicted of taking bribes and possessing a large amount of unexplained property, …

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