Han Xiancong
Han Xiancong | |||||||
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Hàn tiên thông | |||||||
Vice-Chairman of the Anhui Provincial Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |||||||
In office January 2013 – July 2014 | |||||||
Chairman | Wang Mingfang | ||||||
Secretary-General of Anhui Provincial Government | |||||||
In office February 2012 – January 2013 | |||||||
Preceded by | Liang Weiguo | ||||||
Succeeded by | Shao Guohe | ||||||
Communist Party Secretary ofChuzhou | |||||||
In office February 2008 – February 2012 | |||||||
Preceded by | Wang Guocai | ||||||
Succeeded by | Jiang Shan | ||||||
Communist Party Secretary ofAnqing | |||||||
In office April 2003 – February 2008 | |||||||
Preceded by | Zhao Shucong | ||||||
Succeeded by | Zhu Duwen | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | November 1955 (age 68) Feixi County,Anhui,China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party(1984–2014; expelled) | ||||||
Alma mater | Anhui Agricultural University | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | Hàn tiên thông | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | Hàn tiên thông | ||||||
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Han Xiancong(Chinese:Hàn tiên thông;born November 1955) is a former Chinese politician fromAnhuiprovince. He was best known for his term as theCommunist Party Secretaryof the cities ofAnqingandChuzhou.From 2013 to 2014 he served as the vice-chairman of the Anhui provincial People's Political Consultative Conference, a largely ceremonial legislative consultation body.[1]He was later investigated for corruption and indicted on criminal charges of bribery.[2]
Career
[edit]Han was born and raised inFeixi County,Anhui.He graduated fromAnhui Agricultural University.
Shortly after the conclusion of theCultural Revolution,Han worked in his hometown as a teacher at a local school. Han began working in January 1982 in the provincial agriculture and fisheries department. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1984. In 1987, he entered the provincial government as a staffer of the General Office, and in 1991, he began working for the provincial agricultural economics commission.
Han served as theDeputy Party SecretaryofChaohufrom October 1994 to July 1996. In August 1999, Han was transferred laterally toAnqing,where he ascended to become the party chief in April 2003. Than he served as the party chief ofChuzhoubetween February 2008 to February 2012. In February 2012, he was promoted to become theSecretary-general of the Government of Anhui Province.
In January 2013, Han, then 58, was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of Anhui Provincial Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
On July 12, 2014, Han was being investigated by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection(CCDI) for "serious violations of laws and regulations".[3]On December 11, 2014, the CCDI announced the expulsion of Han from the Chinese Communist Party; the investigation concluded that Han abused his power to seek gain for others, took "massive bribes", and presided over "serious loss of state assets". It was also said that he violated theEight-point Regulationand regularly accepted elaborate dinner invitations paid for by public funds.[4]In December 2015, Han was indicted on criminal charges of bribery and tried in the southeastern city ofNanping,in Fujian province. Han was sentenced to 16 years in prison in November 2016.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"CCTV anchor detained in corruption investigation".Chinadaily.2014.
Also on Saturday, Han Xiancong, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Anhui Provincial Committee - the province's top advisory body - was probed for "grave violations of discipline and law", according to a statement by the country's top anti-graft watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.
- ^"CCTV anchor detained in corruption investigation".eastday.com.2014. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-27.
- ^An huy tỉnh chính hiệp phó chủ tịch hàn tiên thông thiệp hiềm nghiêm trọng vi kỷ vi pháp tiếp thụ tổ chức điều tra.ccdi.gov.cn(in Chinese). 2014.
- ^"China senior political advisor under investigation".Chinadaily.2014.
- ^An huy tỉnh chính hiệp nguyên phó chủ tịch hàn tiên thông thụ hối, lạm dụng chức quyền án nhất thẩm tuyên phán(in Chinese). CCDI. 2016-11-15.Retrieved2016-11-15.