Retirement is not a talisman of corruption.
According to incomplete statistics from The Paper, as of December 18, 14 people in the financial system have been investigated after retirement this year, the long-term retirement was investigated for 6 and a half years, and the short-term retirement was investigated for 1 month.
Han Zhen, former deputy secretary of the party committee and deputy governor of the Shaanxi branch of the Agricultural Bank of China, was investigated for the longest retirement time.
On September 5, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection revealed that Han Zhen was investigated for serious violations of discipline and law, and he had retired as early as March 2014.
Han Zhen is 66 years old. From March 1999 to February 2000, he served as a member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the Agricultural Bank of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Branch; from February 2000 to March 2014, he served as a member of the Party Committee of the Shaanxi Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China. , Vice President, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of Shaanxi Branch, and Inspector of Shaanxi Branch.
Among these 14 people, 3 were investigated for their retirement this year: Wang Jiwu, the former president of the Qiqihar branch of Postal Savings Bank of China, retired in February this year and was investigated on June 20; the former senior executive of the Corporate Financial Business Department of Zhejiang Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Marketing manager Zhao Yiping retired in June this year and was investigated on December 4; Wang Jianxiong, former party secretary and president of China Construction Bank Huzhou Branch, retired in July this year and was investigated on August 28.
Among the 14 retired financial cadres that were investigated, judging from their financial sector, there are 7 major state-owned banks, 4 provincial associations, 2 regulatory agencies, and 1 policy bank.
In terms of age, they are all over 60 years old (including 60 years old). Among them, Guo Jizhuang, former party secretary and president of the Qinghai branch of China Construction Bank, and Tong Tieshun, former party secretary and chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Rural Credit Cooperative Association, are the oldest. This year Both are 67 years old.
However, Guo Jizhuang retired in September 2015, and Tong Tieshun retired in August 2017.
On September 8, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published an article stating that retirement does not mean a "safe landing". For corrupt elements, there is nothing "forgetting the blame". The magnificent anti-corruption struggle since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has already proved this point. .
Corruptors who have retired and are still being investigated have fully demonstrated that there are no exceptions to anti-corruption, and "adhere to no forbidden zones, full coverage, and zero tolerance" is by no means empty words.
No matter who is suspected of corruption, no matter where he hides, whether he is employed or retired, he cannot escape discipline and punishment.
The paper reporter Chen Peizhen