China News Network, April 4 (Zhongxin Finance Zhang Ni Gong Hongyu) In 1, the financial anti-corruption storm is blowing stronger and stronger. According to incomplete statistics from the reporter, eight people from state-owned banks were investigated in March. Among them, he is the first "number one" of the central management financial enterprise to fall off the horse after the 2023th National Congress.

Liu Liange, the former "number one" of the Bank of China, was investigated

According to the website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on March 3, Liu Liange, former party secretary and chairman of the Bank of China, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision and investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission.

Screenshot of the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission

Earlier, on March 3, Bank of China announced that Liu Liange resigned as chairman, executive director, chairman and member of the board of directors' strategic development committee, and member of the corporate culture and consumer rights protection committee due to work adjustments. The resignation is effective March 19, 2023. The news aroused great concern in the society at that time and became a hot search topic.

Earlier, on February 2, the Bank of China announced that it held an expanded party committee meeting on the same day. Appointed by the leaders of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, responsible comrades of the relevant cadres bureaus of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee announced the central authorities' decision to remove Liu Liange from his post as secretary of the party committee of the Bank of China.

According to public information, Liu Liange was born in May 1961 and graduated from the People's Bank of China Graduate School in 5 with a master's degree in economics and the title of senior economist.

Liu Liange. Image source: WeChat public account on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission

Liu Liange has worked in People's Bank of China for nearly 20 years and the Export-Import Bank of China for nearly 11 years. In 2018, Liu Liange was transferred to the Bank of China, serving as president in August and vice chairman in October, when Liu Liange became the youngest of the four major banks. Less than a year later, in July 8, Liu Liange became chairman of Bank of China.

On the day that the news of Liu Liange's investigation was announced, the Bank of China announced that on the same day, the party committee of the Bank of China held a meeting to convey the central government's decision to conduct a disciplinary review and supervision and investigation of Liu Liange as soon as possible. The Party Committee of the Bank of China firmly supports the central decision, and will fully cooperate with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission's disciplinary review and supervision and investigation of Liu Liange's suspected serious violations of discipline and law.

In March, a number of state-owned bank cadres were investigated

Recently, the financial anti-corruption campaign has continued to be high-pressure, and in March alone, a number of cadres of large state-owned banks were investigated.

On March 3, according to the discipline inspection and supervision team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the Bank of China and the Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Wang Jianhong, former secretary of the Party Committee and president of the Beijing branch of the Bank of China, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision and investigation.

On March 3, according to the discipline inspection and supervision team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the Agricultural Bank of China, Liu Yanzhong, an inspector of the International Finance Department of the Agricultural Bank of China, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was under review and investigation.

On March 3, according to the discipline inspection and supervision team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China Construction Bank and the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Shandong Province, Zhao Zhiran, senior commissioner of China Construction Bank Shenzhen Branch, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and was subject to disciplinary review by the discipline inspection and supervision team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China Construction Bank and supervision and investigation by the Qingdao Supervision Commission of Shandong Province.

Before Zhao Zhiran's fall, on March 3, the website of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Changde City, Hunan Province announced that Li Jianzhang, former party secretary and president of the Futian branch of China Construction Bank Shenzhen Branch, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was under review and investigation.

A few days later, on March 3, the discipline inspection and supervision team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China Construction Bank and the Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Yi Jingan, former deputy secretary of the Party Committee and vice president of China Construction Bank's Shenzhen branch, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was under review and investigation.

Also on March 3, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Gao Zongsheng, former member of the Party Committee and vice president of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Branch of Bank of China, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and was currently under disciplinary review by the discipline inspection and supervision team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission in the Bank of China and supervision and investigation by the Hohhot Supervision Commission.

On March 3, Jiangsu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Xu Haifeng, former member of the Party Committee and vice president of China Construction Bank Wuxi Branch, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently under disciplinary review by the Discipline Inspection Commission of China Construction Bank Jiangsu Branch and supervision and investigation by the Wuxi Municipal Supervision Commission.

There is no doubt that in 2023, the financial anti-corruption storm will become more and more fierce.

In January this year, the communiqué of the Second Plenary Session of the 1th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was published, and when talking about the key areas of the party's work style and clean government in the next stage, the communiqué mentioned that it is necessary to highlight key areas and deepen the rectification of corruption in areas where power is concentrated, capital-intensive, and resource-rich in finance, state-owned enterprises, political and legal affairs, and grain purchase and sales.

On March 3, the National Inspection Work Conference and the first round of inspection mobilization and deployment meeting of the 27th Central Committee were held, which proposed to carry out inspections of the party committees of five medium-managed financial enterprises, including China Investment Co., Ltd., China Development Bank, China Everbright Group Co., Ltd., and Chinese Minhe Insurance Group Co., Ltd.

The website of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said that the first round of inspections of the new central committee arranged to carry out a "review" of some financial units, which fully reflects the great importance that the party Central Committee attaches to financial work and inspection and rectification.

Data map: Photo by China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission reporter Jia Tianyong

Recently, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) reported that the three-year action to improve corporate governance in the banking and insurance industry has achieved remarkable results. Earnestly urge banking and insurance institutions to further promote comprehensive and strict party management, resolutely punish the corruption behind financial risks, and severely punish acts such as using financial resources and power to engage in illegal related party transactions, profit transmission, and embezzlement of financial assets. (End)