China News Service, October 16th. The Information Office of the Chengdu Municipal People's Government issued a notice on the official WeChat account on the 16th, stating that at 6 o'clock on October 15th, Comrade Mao Hongtao, Secretary of the Party Committee of Chengdu University, lost contact after publishing information on WeChat.

The Chengdu Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attached great importance to it and quickly organized forces to go all out to carry out the search.

At about 6 o'clock on the 16th, the body of Comrade Mao Hongtao was found in a river course in the Wenjiang section of the Jiang'an River.

After the on-site investigation by the public security organ, it was preliminarily judged to be drowning, and criminal cases were ruled out.

Related aftermath work is being carried out in an orderly manner.

  Chengdu has established a joint working group composed of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Education Working Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, and the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and is conducting a comprehensive investigation of the situation.