China News Service, Beijing, December 20th (Reporter Kan Feng) Nearly five months after being investigated, Xiao Yaqing, who was "cliff-like downgraded", has received public attention again.
On the afternoon of December 19, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Committee reported that Xiao Yaqing, the former party secretary and minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, was expelled from the party and dismissed from government affairs.
According to the notification, Xiao Yaqing was demoted to a first-level senior staff member and went through retirement procedures.
Data map: Xiao Yaqing.
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Xiao Yaqing was dealt with leniently
The 62-year-old Xiao Yaqing was officially notified on July 28 of this year that he was suspected of violating discipline and law, and is currently under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Committee.
Xiao Yaqing served as general manager of Northeast Light Alloy Co., Ltd., chairman and general manager of Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd., deputy general manager of Aluminum Corporation of China, general manager and party secretary of Aluminum Corporation of China, and Chairman, CEO, etc.
In February 2009, Xiao Yaqing was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council and a member of the party group of the agency.
In January 2016, he served as the director and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. He was regarded as "from a former state-owned enterprise operator to a state-owned assets supervisor."
From May 2019 to July 2020, Xiao Yaqing served as Director and Party Secretary of the State Administration for Market Regulation.
In August 2020, Xiao Yaqing served as Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
According to the official report on the 19th, Xiao Yaqing was accused of abandoning his original mission, losing political awareness and party spirit, ignoring the spirit of the eight central regulations, and accepting banquets that may affect the fair execution of official duties; Big money.
The report stated that Xiao Yaqing seriously violated the party's political discipline, organizational discipline, and integrity discipline, and constituted a violation of the law, and did not restrain himself after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The nature is serious and should be dealt with seriously.
In view of the fact that Xiao Yaqing was able to truthfully explain the facts of his violation of discipline and law in a short period of time, admit his mistakes and regret his mistakes, and refund the full amount of his illegal gains, according to the principle of learning from past mistakes and avoiding future ones, he can be dealt with leniently.
Xiao Yaqing was expelled from the party, and the State Supervisory Committee gave him a sanction of dismissal from government affairs, and was demoted to a first-level chief staff member to go through retirement procedures.
Data map: Xiao Yaqing.
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Become a first-level chief staff member, how many levels have you been downgraded?
According to the "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China", disciplinary sanctions against party members are divided into five types: warning, serious warning, removal from party positions, party probation, and expulsion from the party.
Observing Xiao Yaqing's report on the problem, Xiao Yaqing was expelled from the party during the party discipline punishment.
According to the Law on Administrative Sanctions for Public Officials, the types of administrative sanctions are divided into six categories: warning, demerit, major demerit, demotion, dismissal, and dismissal.
In the notification to Xiao Yaqing, the State Supervisory Committee gave him the sanction of dismissal from government affairs.
Xiao Yaqing, who was dismissed from government affairs, was also demoted to a first-level senior staff member and went through retirement procedures.
To understand this downgrade, we need to understand the parallel system of civil servant positions and ranks currently implemented in our country.
In 2019, the Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Parallel Provisions on Civil Service Positions and Ranks", which clarified that the state sets the leadership positions and rank sequences of civil servants according to the types and responsibilities of civil servants.
Rank is the rank sequence of civil servants. It is a promotion channel parallel to the leadership position. It reflects the political quality, professional ability, and seniority contribution of civil servants. It is an important basis for determining salary, housing, medical treatment, etc., and does not have leadership responsibilities.
According to the "Parallel Regulations on Civil Servant Positions and Ranks"
The levels of leadership positions are divided into: national-level chief, national-level deputy, provincial and ministerial-level chief, provincial and ministerial-level deputy, department and bureau-level chief, department and bureau-level deputy, county-level chief, county-level deputy, township-level chief, township Section-level deputy.
The rank sequence is set according to the general management, professional technology, administrative law enforcement and other civil servant job categories.
The rank sequence of comprehensive management civil servants is divided into: first-level inspector, second-level inspector, first-level researcher, second-level researcher, third-level researcher, fourth-level researcher, first-level chief staff member, second-level chief staff member , Third-level senior staff member, fourth-level senior staff member, first-level staff member, and second-level staff member.
According to the "Administrative Measures for Civil Servant Positions, Ranks, and Levels" issued by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2020, the ranks of civil servants in our country are from 27th to 1st.
According to the above regulations and methods, the provincial and ministerial-level principals correspond to grades 8 to 4, and the first-level senior staff members correspond to grades 21 to 15.
Xiao Yaqing, who was previously a provincial and ministerial official, is now downgraded to a first-level chief staff member. He is indeed the most demoted central management cadre since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
According to the "Parallel Regulations on Civil Servant Positions and Ranks"
Why they were "cliff-like"
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it is not uncommon for disciplinary officials to be demoted.
As early as 2014, on July 16 of that year, the website of the Ministry of Supervision of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection released the news that two provincial and ministerial officials were expelled from the party. Secretary-General Zhao Zhiyong.
Among them, Zhang Tianxin was revoked from the sub-provincial treatment and demoted to a non-leading position at the deputy division level, and Zhao Zhiyong was degraded from the sub-provincial treatment and demoted to a staff member.
Since then, public opinion has often used the term "cliff-like demotion" to describe those leading cadres who have been punished for serious violations of discipline and have been demoted to multiple levels.
In February 2018, the website of the Ministry of Supervision of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Liu Jun, the former vice chairman of the CPPCC Guangxi District, was expelled from the party and demoted to a non-leading position at the deputy division level.
This is the first time since the 19th CPC National Congress that cadres in charge of the central government have been punished for party discipline and made major job adjustments.
In response to the "cliff-like demotion", at the press conference of the State Council Information Office in January 2016, Luo Dongchuan, then director of the case trial office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, explained that "cliff-like processing" is the image of the news media. As far as review is concerned, during the disciplinary review, those who have seriously violated discipline will be given severe Party discipline sanctions in accordance with regulations, such as removal from internal Party positions, probation in the Party, expulsion from the Party, and major job adjustments.
For example, from the provincial and ministerial level to the bureau level, some to the department level, and some to the section level.
He introduced that such treatment should be given in accordance with the Party's regulations, in accordance with the disciplinary regulations, in accordance with the case inspection rules, and the trial work regulations, according to different situations of violations, according to the facts of the violations, and in accordance with the relevant provisions of disciplinary sanctions. Condition.
From the perspective of embodying the principle of learning from past mistakes to future generations, curing diseases and saving lives, this kind of treatment is also one of the "four forms" proposed by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. According to the specific circumstances of violations of discipline, severe punishments will be imposed on the party discipline, and at the same time, major adjustments will be made in positions.
Data map: In October 2015, the Hainan Provincial Public Security Department organized party members and cadres to visit and receive education at the anti-corruption warning education base.
Photo by Hong Jianpeng
After someone was downgraded, he was investigated and sued
It is worth mentioning that some people were found out after being "cliff-like downgraded".
For example, in 2015, Cao Jianfang, former member of the Standing Committee and secretary-general of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, was expelled from the party for serious violations of discipline and demoted to a non-leading position at the deputy director level.
Many years later, in January 2019, the Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that the Yunnan Provincial Supervision Commission had initiated an investigation into Cao Jianfang, a former deputy investigator of the Planning and Statistics Department of the Yunnan Provincial Agricultural Reclamation Bureau (former member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China), for serious violations of the law.
After investigation, Cao Jianfang took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others and accept huge amounts of property, and was suspected of accepting bribes.
The report stated that Cao Jianfang, as a leading cadre, did not restrain himself after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
On January 2, 2019, after studying at the meeting of the Yunnan Provincial Supervisory Committee and reporting to the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China for approval, it was decided to cancel Cao Jianfang’s retirement benefits; confiscate his illegal income; transfer his suspected crimes to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the property involved will follow the case transfer.
In June 2018, the Jilin Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervisory Committee reported that Zhou Huachen, a retired cadre of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
In March 2017, Zhou Huachen, who had previously retired from the position of deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress, was given retirement benefits at the departmental level due to serious violations of discipline.
After "breaking off the cliff", they were investigated again. In April 2019, "China Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision News" published an article about cadres "falling down" many times. The article stated that they were "investigated again and again". Some of the violations of discipline and law that were discovered did not learn from the previous lessons, did not stop and correct their mistakes, but went further and further on the road of violation of discipline and law.
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