Li Jiexiang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee, was prosecuted for "using state-owned mineral resources to engage in political transactions"

　　China News Agency, Beijing, January 13th (Reporter Zhang Su) Chinese officials notified on the 13th that Li Jiexiang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee, former Secretary of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, was suspected of accepting bribes. Designated by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Second Branch of the Tianjin Municipal People's Procuratorate will review and prosecute.

　　Recently, the Second Branch of the Tianjin Municipal People's Procuratorate has filed a public prosecution with the Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court.

　　The prosecution charged that the defendant Li Jiexiang used his position as Secretary of the Tumed Right Banner Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, member of the Standing Committee of the Baotou Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Tumed Right Banner Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Baotou Municipal Committee and deputy mayor, member of the Standing Committee of the Tongliao Municipal Committee and deputy mayor, Hohhot Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Mayor, Acting Mayor, Mayor, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Inner Mongolia Helinger New Area, Member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee, Secretary of the Tongliao Municipal Party Committee, etc. Seeking profit, illegally accepting other people's property, the amount is particularly huge, and should be investigated for criminal responsibility as the crime of accepting bribes according to law.

　　According to public information, Li Jiexiang was born in March 1964, a native of Zhungeer Banner, Inner Mongolia, joined the Communist Party of China in January 1985, and started working in July of the same year.

Since November 2003, he has served as secretary of the Tumed Right Banner Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

　　In April 2022, Li Jiexiang was investigated in office.

In September, the official announcement stated that Li Jiexiang was expelled from the party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law.

He was accused of "making friends with political brokers in order to seek promotion, using state-owned mineral resources to engage in political transactions, resisting organizational censorship and engaging in political camouflage, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha to engage in superstitious activities" and so on.

　　It is worth mentioning that Li Jiexiang once served as the "leader of the investigation team on illegal mining in the Muli coalfield".

In the name of ecological restoration and management, a company named Qinghai Xingqing Industry and Trade Engineering Group Co., Ltd. carried out predatory mining in the Muli mining area in the hinterland of the southern foot of Qilian Mountains, earning tens of billions of yuan in profits.

After the incident was disclosed by the media, the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government set up a special investigation team. Li Jiexiang served as the team leader and led the team to the mining area for on-site investigation.

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