Qiu He

In thisChinese name,thefamily nameisQiu.

Qiu He
Cừu hòa
Deputy Communist Party SecretaryofYunnan
In office November 2011 – March 2015
Secretary	Qin Guangrong Li Jiheng
Preceded by	Li Jiheng
Succeeded by	Zhong Mian
Communist Party SecretaryofKunming
In office December 2007 – November 2011
Preceded by	Yang Chongyong
Succeeded by	Zhang Tianxin
Vice-Governor of Jiangsu
In office January 2006 – December 2007
Preceded by	Wu Ruilin (Ngô thụy lâm)
Succeeded by	Xu Ming (Từ minh)
Communist Party Secretary ofSuqian
In office August 2001 – April 2006
Preceded by	Xu Shousheng
Succeeded by	Zhang Xinshi (Trương tân thật)
Mayor of Suqian
In office January 2001 – August 2001
Preceded by	She Yihe (Xa nghĩa hòa)
Succeeded by	Zhang Xinshi
Personal details
Born	January 1957 (age 67) Binhai County,Jiangsu,China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party(1977–2015, expelled)
Alma mater	Nanjing Agricultural University Tsinghua University John F. Kennedy School of Government

Qiu He(Chinese:Cừu hòa;pinyin:Qiú Hé;born January 1957) is a former Chinese politician who spent his career inJiangsuandYunnanprovinces. He most recently held the post of the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan. He was investigated by theChinese Communist Party'santi-graft agencyin March 2015.

Qiu He was a member of the12th National People's Congressand an alternate member of the18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Life and career

Qiu He was born and raised inBinhai County,Jiangsu.He entered Nanjing Agricultural College (nowNanjing Agricultural University) in March 1978, majoring in botanical and plant conservation, where he graduated in January 1982.Qiu then joined the Jiangsu Agricultural Science Institute. In 1985 he became an office liaison for a 'party clean-up' project in the city ofHuaiyin.The following year he was named deputy director of the Botanical Conservation Institute of Jiangsu (Giang tô tỉnh nông khoa viện thực bảo nghiên cứu sở). In 1988 he became governor ofFeng County.He also studied atTsinghua University.From 1990 to 1996, he worked at Jiangsu Provincial Association of Science and Technology.

Between April 1995 and January 1996 he was sent to theJohn F. Kennedy School of Governmentat Harvard University as a part-time student. In 1996 he began working in the city of Suqian as a member of its planning commission, by September he was named vice-mayor. He then became party head ofShuyang County,where he experimented with a far-reaching anti-corruption campaign, and first explored the possibility of hiring staff to direct public opinion in favour of the government on the internet (a precursor to thefifty cent party).

In 1998, Qiu instituted a program for local teachers to take part in activities courting private investment in the city ofSuqian.This unusual program was covered in theFocus Reportprogram on the flagship channel of China Central Television. In 1999, Qiu spearheaded another program publicly 'naming and shaming' those caught with petty crimes on local television, earning a special feature report on the liberalSouthern Weekendnewspaper. In 2000, he became mayor, and in August 2001 became Communist Party Secretary, the top political position of the city.In 2001 he began an ambitious program to privatize education in the city.

In January 2006 he was promoted to becomeVice-Governor of Jiangsu,one year later, he was transferred toKunming,capital of Yunnan province, and served as the Communist Party Secretary.In November 2011 he was promoted again to becomeDeputy Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan,he remained in that position until March 2015, when he was being investigated by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspectionfor "serious violations of laws and regulations".Qiu's former boss,Bai Enpei,was also investigated for corruption. His successor as party chief of Kunming,Zhang Tianxin,was also investigated and demoted for violating discipline. It is unclear if the two cases are related.

On July 31, Qiu was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party at the conclusion of the investigation into him by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The anti-graft agency accused Qiu of "accepting cash gifts, using the convenience of his office to aid in the business operations of his relatives and aid in the promotion of officials... accepted massive bribes." He was also indicted on criminal charges of bribery.

On December 15, 2016, Qiu was sentenced for 14 years and 6 months in prison for bribery.Qiu's superior,Qin Guangrong,former party chief of Yunnan, handed himself in to the government in May 2019.

Qiu is an alternate member of the18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.He was elected at the 18th Party Congress held in November 2012 but barely met the threshold of support for election. Of the elected members, he placed second last in the vote count, ahead only ofLi Xiaopeng,the son of former PremierLi Peng.