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Wang Zhonglin, former secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, was informed of the investigation five months after retiring to the second tier. He became the first provincial and ministerial-level official to be investigated after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. During his tenure, the outside world is also paying attention to projects and matters related to relatives.
Wang Zhonglin, former secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, officially announced today that he was under investigation after retiring to the second line. Only five months after being transferred to the post of vice chairman of the Environment and Resource Protection Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, he became the first provincial and ministerial official to be investigated following the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Communist Party of China The website of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission and the National Supervisory Commission reported today (13th) that Wang Zhonglin is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission and the National Supervisory Commission.
Wang Zhonglin’s last public appearance was on October 13, when he accompanied Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People’s Congress, to meet with Botswana’s President Boko and Togolese Council of Ministers Chairman Faure.
Public information shows that Wang Zhonglin was born in August 1962. He served as mayor of Jinan City, member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Committee, secretary of the Jinan Municipal Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee.Wuhan Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, Governor, member of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, etc.
On February 13, 2020, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Wang Zhonglin replaced Ma Guoqiang as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. In May this year, he resigned from the post of secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee. In June, he left office and became vice chairman of the Environment and Resource Conservation Committee of the National People’s Congress.
When Wang Zhonglin attended the opening ceremony of the training class of the province’s county (city, district) Party Committee secretaries in May last year, he said that the county Party Committee secretaries should have high morale, strive for progress, and do their best to foster a “screaming” mental state. A heated debate once broke out on this statement.
Mainland Caixin reported that local insiders in Hubei said that Wang Zhonglin was taken by relevant authorities to Beijing on November 6 for investigation, and his daughter and son-in-law were also investigated at the same time. Wang Zhonglin’s secretary named Wang was also asked to cooperate with the investigation.
A person familiar with the matter said that after Wang Zhonglin arrived in Hubei, many engineering projects in Hubei were taken over by construction companies in Shandong. This has become one of the directions under investigation for Wang Zhonglin.
Cai Shenkun, a political commentator from Mainland China living in the United States, pointed out on social platforms
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According to official reports, Wang Zhonglin was investigated soon after he retired to the second line, and he was the first provincial and ministerial official to be investigated after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. This shows that this case has clear political and anti-corruption symbolic importance.
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He resigned as secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee in May this year, and in June he was transferred to the post of vice chairman of the Environment and Resource Protection Committee of the National People’s Congress. About five months ago, he was placed on file for review and supervisory investigation by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission and the National Supervisory Commission.
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Wang Zhonglin was taken to Beijing for investigation on November 6, Caixin said, citing people familiar with the matter. His daughter and son-in-law were also investigated at the same time, and his secretary surnamed Wang was also asked to cooperate with the investigation. The case also involves a dispute over the takeover of Hubei engineering projects by Shandong construction companies.
