Ling Zhengce
Ling Zhengce | |
|---|---|
Lệnh chính sách | |
| Vice-Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| In office January 2008 – June 2014 | |
| Chairman | Xue Yanzhong |
| Director ofShanxi Development and Reform Commission | |
| In office April 2004 – January 2008 | |
| Governor | Zhang Baoshun Yu Youjun Meng Xuenong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Linghu Zhengce (Lệnh hồ chính sách) May 1952 (age 72) Pinglu County,Shanxi,China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party(1973–2015, expelled) |
| Relations | Brothers:Ling Jihua·Ling Wancheng |
| Alma mater | Shanxi University |
Ling Zhengce(Chinese:Lệnh chính sách;pinyin:Lìng Zhèngcè;born May 1952) is a former Chinese politician fromShanxiprovince. From 2008 to 2014 Ling served as the vice-chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference,and prior to that the director of ShanxiDevelopment and Reform Commission.AlongsideLing Jihua,he was removed from office in 2014 and charged with corruption, bribery, and graft. Ling Zhengce was then sentenced to12+1⁄2years in prison.[1]
Biography
[edit]BornLinghu Zhengceto aChinese Communist Party(CCP) official's family inPinglu County,Shanxi Province,Ling and all his three siblings received names related to the CCP terminology. His own name,Zhengce,means "policy".
He got involved in politics in October 1968 and joined the CCP in November 1973. Ling initially worked at a hospital, and then was transferred to work as a laborer a sulfur mine. Between 1971 and 1982 Ling worked for the party organization inYuncheng,and subsequently for the party's General Office of Shanxi province. In 1984, Ling graduated fromShanxi University,majoring inChinese literature.After graduation Ling returned to work in the General Office for the "books and literature division" (Văn thư tín tức xử). He spent much of the next decade working for confidential document classification in the provincial government, before being promoted in 1997 to become the deputy director of provincial grain distribution.[2]
Beginning in 2000, Ling worked as a functionary for provincial planning and development. In 2004, he was appointed director ofShanxi Development and Reform Commission,a powerful government agency that had vast powers over the provincial economy. In January 2008, he was appointed the vice-chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference.On June 19, 2014, it was announced that he would be investigated by the CCP'sCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection(CCDI) for "serious violations of laws and regulations".[3][4]
Ling Zhengce's brother Ling Jihua was expelled from the party in mid 2015 and indicted on a series of criminal charges. On August 21, 2015, following the CCDI investigation, Ling Zhengce was also expelled from the CCP. In its official announcement, the CCDI accused Ling of taking bribes to obtain promotions and business interests for others, and for using his office to seek gain for his relatives. He was also accused of obstructing the investigation. Like his brother, Ling Zhengce was also accused of "violating political rules." He was rumoured to be a member of the mysteriousXishan Society.[5]
On December 16, 2016, Ling was sentenced for12+1⁄2years in prison in Changzhou Intermediate Court, for taking either directly or indirectly 16 million yuan ($2.67 million) in bribes from 2001 to 2014.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Ling hails from the Ling family of Pinglu County, Shanxi. He has three brothers and one sister.[citation needed]
His brother,Ling Jihuawas also removed from office and sentenced to life in prison in 2014. Ling Jihua was one of the top aides to formerCommunist Party general secretaryHu Jintaoand served as the Vice-Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the head of theUnited Front Work Departmentbefore he was tried for corruption, abuse of power, and bribery and then given a life sentence in prison.[6]
His youngest brother,Ling Wancheng,a golf enthusiast and businessman, reportedly fled to the United States.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ab"China jails brother of former aide to Hu Jintao for graft".South China Morning Post. 16 December 2016.Retrieved16 December2016.
- ^Sơn tây tỉnh chính hiệp phó chủ tịch lệnh chính sách thiệp hiềm nghiêm trọng vi kỷ vi pháp bị điều tra ( giản lịch ).Ce.cn.
- ^"Brother of Aide to Former Chinese Leader Comes Under Investigation".The New York Times.June 19, 2014.
- ^"Two Shanxi officials dismissed for suspected corruption".24 June 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-14.
- ^"Lệnh chính sách bị song khai nghiêm trọng vi phản chính trị quy củ ( đồ )".Ifeng.RetrievedAugust 21,2015.
- ^Lệnh chính sách đàm đệ đệ lệnh kế hoa.Southern Urban Daily(in Chinese). Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-30.Retrieved2013-12-29.