China News Service, Nanjing, July 29 (Reporter Shen Ran) On the evening of the 28th, Jiangning District of Nanjing City announced through the official public account "Jiangning Release" that the city’s Qinhuai River Yangjiawei section of the river embankment was involved in illegal construction on the back of the water. The nine officials responsible for handling the matter were dealt with. Among them, Xu Shixin, the party secretary and chairman of the district urban construction group, was given a warning within the party, and the party secretary and chairman of the board were removed.

Nanjing Jiangning issued a notice last night on the handling of the officials and responsible persons involved. webpage Screenshot

  According to the report, the district has been investigated and in accordance with the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on River Management" and other relevant regulations, in accordance with the requirements of flood prevention and safety work, the relevant illegal buildings have been demolished. At the same time, the Jiangning District Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervisory Committee of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Jiangning District, in accordance with disciplines and laws, dealt with the relevant responsible units and persons in charge as follows:

The illegal construction of restaurants on the banks of the Yangjiaxu section of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing caused concern. Photo by Shen Ran

  Give accountability to the Jiangning District Urban Construction Group Party Committee, the main body of the construction of violations; give Xu Shixin, the party secretary and chairman of the District Urban Construction Group, a warning within the party, and remove his party secretary and chairman from the posts after organization and research; give the District Urban Construction Group general manager Qiao Hongjie party Serious internal warning sanctions; Guo Linhua, deputy general manager of the District Urban Construction Group, was given internal-party warning sanctions.

  Rui Xueping, the director of the Jiangning District Water Affairs Bureau, the main body of industry supervision, was given serious warnings within the party, and Zhao Zhiyong, a fourth-level investigator of the District Water Affairs Bureau, was admonished, and Ding Jian, the director of the District Dike Waterproof Reservoir Management Office, was given sanctions of removal from the party and government affairs because he did not Hold a party position and be given a serious warning within the party and a sanction of removal from government affairs.

According to reports, the local building was demolished overnight. Photo by Shen Ran

  Xu Shoujiang, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Dongshan Sub-district, the main body responsible for the "river chief system" (street-level river chief in this section of the main stream of the Qinhuai River) was admonished, and Pan Jialin, deputy director of the Dongshan Sub-district Office and director of the sub-district river chief office, was given a warning within the party. Liu Ning, the secretary of the Party Committee of Luocun Community in Dongshan Sub-district (the community-level river leader of this section of the Qinhuai River) was given a serious warning within the party. (Finish)