Chinanews.com, Beijing, January 7 (Reporter Kan Feng) The "tiger fight" at the beginning of 2023 will be more violent than before.

  On the afternoon of the 6th, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission released three pieces of information about the investigation of officials, namely, Ji Binchang, chairman of the Qingdao Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference in Shandong Province, He Zehua, former member of the party group and deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, and former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress. Director Wang Xuefeng.

  All three are suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and are currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigations by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Committee. All three are central management cadres, of which Ji Binchang and Wang Xuefeng are deputy provincial cadres.

Screenshot of the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission

He was sacked in office, and once participated in a TV program asking questions about politics

  Among the above-mentioned three persons, Ji Binchang, chairman of the Qingdao Political Consultative Conference in Shandong Province, was investigated while he was in office.

  Ji Binchang was born in November 1963 in Changyi, Shandong.

According to public information, Ji Binchang has worked in the economic field for many years. After graduating from the National Economic Management Department of Sichuan University in 1986, he joined the Shandong Provincial Economic System Reform Office and served as the deputy director in 2000.

  Since then, he has served as deputy director of Shandong Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, chairman of Shandong Luxin Investment Holding Group, director of Shandong Provincial Economic and Information Commission, and director of Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology.

In June 2020, Ji Binchang became the vice governor of Shandong Province. In April last year, he was elected chairman of the Qingdao CPPCC.

  It is worth mentioning that in 2019, Ji Binchang, then director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, participated in the program "Ask the Government Shandong" of Shandong Radio and Television Station. Faced with the delay in the relocation of related industrial parks, Ji Binchang promised on the spot: The work cannot be completed on schedule and I resign.

Screenshot of "Ask the Politics Shandong" program

  Before being investigated this time, recently, Ji Binchang had intensive public activities.

On New Year's Day this year, at the closing meeting of the second session of the 14th Qingdao CPPCC, Ji Binchang, chairman of the CPPCC, said in his speech that we should strengthen our foundation and build a team, adhere to first-class standards, temper first-class style, Do first-class performance, always put discipline and rules at the forefront.

Years after retirement, they're still down

  Among the above-mentioned three central management cadres who were investigated by the official announcement on the same day, two retired "tigers" have also attracted much attention. He Zehua, who was the deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, has stepped down for 9 years and was the deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress. Wang Xuefeng has been out of office for 5 years.

  Judging from the public information, He Zehua has worked in the tobacco system for more than 20 years. He once served as the deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, the director of the Anhui Provincial Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, and later served as the general manager of Anhui China Tobacco Industry Company.

In July 2003, He Zehua served as deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration until March 2014.

  Ten years ago, in September 2012, He Zehua, who took up the post of deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, gave special counseling to students in a special training class on party spirit cultivation, ideals and beliefs, and work style construction for members of the leadership team of prefecture-level bureaus (companies) across the country.

He mentioned that party members and leading cadres should correctly treat power, status and interests, adhere to the party's mass line, always have a heart of gratitude, responsibility, benevolence, and awe, and solve problems such as the use of power, money, and people. The problem is to handle the relationship between being a person, doing things, and being an official, be a decent person, do things seriously, and be an official honestly.

  Another "tiger" under investigation, Wang Xuefeng, the former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress, has always worked in Hebei. From 2001 to 2010, Wang Xuefeng had 10 years of working experience in the discipline inspection system. He successively served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, secretary-general, deputy secretary, and director of the Supervision Department.

  In August 2010, Wang Xuefeng was transferred to be secretary of the Tangshan Municipal Party Committee. In January of the following year, he stepped down as director of the Supervision Department.

  In July 2021, the Hebei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that Ma Yuchan, the former deputy secretary of the Hebei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, who had retired for more than two years, was investigated for serious violations of discipline and law.

strong warning signal

  In a few days, the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be held, and what new trends will be in the next phase of anti-corruption will attract much attention.

  On the 6th day of the new year, the government successively announced the news of the investigation of three middle-level cadres. In addition, on the same day, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate announced that Huang Yi, the former vice chairman of the CPPCC Yunnan Provincial Committee, was prosecuted for bribery. The court announced that Li Wenxi, a former party member and vice chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Political Consultative Conference who took more than 540 million yuan in bribes, was sentenced to death with a suspended death sentence at first instance.

On January 6, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Tai'an City, Shandong Province publicly sentenced Li Wenxi, a former member of the party group and vice chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Political Consultative Conference, for accepting bribes.

Image source: WeChat public account of Tai'an Intermediate People's Court

  At the beginning of the new year, news of officials being investigated, prosecuted, and sentenced was released at a high rate, which undoubtedly sent a strong warning and deterrent signal.

  Just when public opinion was hotly discussing "fighting tigers one after another", on the afternoon of the 6th, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Committee also announced that the four-episode TV feature film "Forever Blowing the Charge" will be broadcast from the 7th to the 10th.

According to reports, the feature film selected a total of 12 cases, interviewed more than 100 disciplinary inspection and supervision cadres, relevant review and investigation objects, persons involved in the case, cadres and the masses, and vividly told the new historical conditions. The story of self-revolution leading to social revolution.

  On the evening of the 6th, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Commission published a review article titled "Fighting against corruption at the beginning of the new year without stopping."

The article stated that the current killing of "tigers" and the serious punishment of cadres who violated discipline and law prove that the situation of the anti-corruption struggle is still severe and complicated. Our party has also demonstrated with practical actions that "two are always on the road" is by no means empty words.

No one should have the wrong expectation of lowering the tone and changing the tone. The high-pressure anti-corruption situation has always been consistent, and the strict tone will not waver.

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