Feng Xinzhu
Feng Xinzhu | |
|---|---|
Phùng tân trụ | |
| Director of Management Committee ofYangling Agricultural Hi-tech Industries Demonstration Zone | |
| In office July 2016 – January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Zhu Lieke |
| Succeeded by | Wei Zengjun |
| Vice Governor ofShaanxi | |
| In office April 2015 – January 2018 | |
| Governor | Lou Qinjian→Hu Heping |
| Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tongchuan People's Congress | |
| In office April 2011 – April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Wu Qianjin |
| Succeeded by | Guo Dawei |
| Communist Party Secretary of Tongchuan | |
| In office January 2011 – April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Wu Qianjin |
| Succeeded by | Guo Dawei |
| Mayor of Tongchuan | |
| In office September 2004 – January 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Wu Qianjin |
| Succeeded by | Wang Lixia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1960 (age 63–64) Yang County,Shaanxi |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party(1985-2018, expelled) |
| Alma mater | Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party Northwest University |
Feng Xinzhu(simplified Chinese:Phùng tân trụ;traditional Chinese:Phùng tân trụ;pinyin:Féng Xīnzhù;born July 1960) is a former Chinese politician who served as Vice Governor ofShaanxi.He was dismissed from his position in January 2018 and placed under investigation by theChinese Communist Party'sCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection.[1]He became the first high-ranking official ( "tiger" ) taken down in the year of 2018.[2]
Career
[edit]Feng Xinzhu was born in July 1960, and he was entered to Xi'an Statistics School in 1979. In 1981, he started to work at Shaanxi Township Enterprises Supply And Marketing Company (Thiểm tây tỉnh hương trấn xí nghiệp cung tiêu công tư), then he moved to Shaanxi Rural Electricity Administration since 1989, and he promoted to Deputy Director in 1996.[citation needed]
In 2001, Feng was appointed as the Deputy Mayor ofTongchuan,then he promoted to Mayor in 2004. He was appointed as theChinese Communist Party Committee Secretaryof Tongchuan in 2011.[3]
In 2015, Feng was appointed as the Vice Governor of Shaanxi.[4]
Investigation
[edit]On January 3, 2018, Feng was placed under investigation by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection,the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations".[2][5][6]On January 21, his qualification for delegate to the 12th Shaanxi People's Congress was terminated. He is expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from public office on March 31, 2018.[7][8]"Feng had accumulated a huge amount of assets which it suspected were bribes and promoted officials at the request of private companies", theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspectionsaid in a statement on its website.[9]
On January 17, his trial was held at the Intermediate People's Court in the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou.[10]Prosecutors accused Feng of taking advantage of his former positions in Shaanxi between 1999 and 2017 to seek profits for certain organizations and individuals in project investment, mineral development, capital lending, project contracting and job adjustment.[10]In return, he accepted money and property worth more than 70.47 million yuan (about 10.41 million U.S. dollars).[10]On May 14, Feng was sentenced on 15 years in prison and fined 7 million yuan ($1.02 million).[11][12]Feng was charged with accepting bribes worth 70.47 million yuan (about 10.41 million U.S. dollars), by the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^"Vice Shaanxi governor under investigation for disciplinary violations".Sina.2018-01-03.Retrieved31 March2018.
- ^ab"Shaanxi vice governor under investigation for disciplinary violations".Chinadaily.2018-01-03.Retrieved31 March2018.
- ^"Phùng tân trụ đương tuyển đồng xuyên thị ủy thư ký".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-07-26.Retrieved2018-01-04.
- ^"Phùng tân trụ khương phong nhậm thiểm tây phó tỉnh trường giang trạch lâm bạch a oánh từ khứ phó tỉnh trường".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-07-27.Retrieved2018-01-04.
- ^Wang Qingchu (2018-01-03)."Vice Shaanxi governor under investigation for disciplinary violations".shine.cn.Retrieved31 March2018.
- ^Thiểm tây tỉnh phó tỉnh trường phùng tân trụ thiệp hiềm nghiêm trọng vi kỷ tiếp thụ tổ chức thẩm tra.Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.Retrieved2018-01-03.
- ^Xinhua (31 March 2018)."Former Shaanxi vice governor expelled from CPC, public office".Chinadaily.Retrieved13 January2021.
- ^Thiểm tây tỉnh chính phủ nguyên đảng tổ thành viên, phó tỉnh trường phùng tân trụ nghiêm trọng vi kỷ bị khai trừ đảng tịch hòa công chức.Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.Retrieved2018-03-31.
- ^Ben Blanchard; Kim Coghill (2018-03-31)."China to prosecute former senior provincial official for graft".euronews.Retrieved31 March2018.
- ^abc"Former Shaanxi vice governor stands trial for bribery".xinhuanet.com.27 January 2019. Archived fromthe originalon January 17, 2019.Retrieved24 February2021.
- ^ab"Ex-official jailed 15 years; 3 others arrested".Chinadaily.15 May 2019.Retrieved13 January2021.
- ^abLi Xia (14 May 2019)."Former Shaanxi vice governor sentenced to 15 years for graft".xinhuanet.Archived fromthe originalon May 14, 2019.Retrieved13 January2021.