Li Yanlong, the former vice chairman of the Lanzhou CPPCC, was accused of receiving more than 50 million yuan, spanning 16 years

　　According to the WeChat official account of the Jiuquan Intermediate People's Court of Gansu Province, on March 22, the Jiuquan Intermediate Court opened a trial on the case of Li Yanlong, the former vice chairman of the 14th CPPCC Lanzhou Municipal Committee.

　　The People’s Procuratorate of Jiuquan City accused Li Yanlong from 2004 to 2019 as the county magistrate and secretary of the county party committee of Yongdeng County, Lanzhou City, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Lanzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone, and vice chairman of the 14th CPPCC Lanzhou Committee. Convenience in his position, he has repeatedly sought benefits for others in business operations, project contracting, project approval, fund settlement, land use rights transfer, employment placement, etc., and obtained and received other people’s property equivalent to RMB 500,022,98,382.

He is requested to be held criminally responsible for accepting bribes.

　　According to the news, the public prosecution agency produced relevant evidence, the defendant Li Yanlong and his defender conducted cross-examination and debate, the prosecution and the defense fully expressed their opinions, and the defendant Li Yanlong made a final statement.

The court fully protected the defendant's various litigation rights.

The case will be sentenced at an elective date.

　　In addition, on March 23, the Gansu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervisory Committee published "60 Seconds of Alarm | Li Yanlong: Greed is doomed to a failed life" on the WeChat public account.

Li Yanlong said in the court, "Money ruins my dignity and honor, and greed is doomed to fail in life."

　　Li Yanlong, male, Han nationality, born in September 1959 in Baiyin City, Gansu Province, college degree, started work in September 1978, and joined the Communist Party of China in November 1987.

　　He used to serve as Secretary of the Party Working Committee (Deputy Director-level) of the Lanzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone, and vice chairman of the Lanzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He retired in December 2019 and was declared under investigation in June 2020.

　　The Paper Journalist Zhong Yuhao