Qin Guangrong

Qin Guangrong (Chinese: 秦光荣; pinyin: Qín Guāngróng; born 1 December 1954) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as the deputy chair of the committee on internal legal affairs of the National People's Congress. He previous served as the Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan province, the province's top political office, from 2011 to October 2014. Prior to that he was the Governor of Yunnan. Qin is related to that of his son Qin Ling, former chairman of Huarong Investment Stock Corp. His son Qin Ling was under investigation as part of the corruption scandal at the Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd., one of the country’s four state-run bad-asset disposal companies.[1] He is the first leader of provincial level to spontaneously hand himself in to the anti-corruption agency of China.[2]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Qin.
Qin Guangrong
秦光荣
Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan
In office
August 2011 – October 2014
Preceded byBai Enpei
Succeeded byLi Jiheng
Governor of Yunnan
In office
July 2007 – August 2011
Preceded byXu Rongkai
Succeeded byLi Jiheng
Personal details
BornJanuary 1957 (age 63)
Yongzhou, Hunan
NationalityChinese
Political partyCommunist Party of China (1972-2019, expelled)
Alma materHengyang Normal University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese秦光榮
Simplified Chinese秦光荣

Biography

Qin was born in Yongzhou, Hunan Province in 1950. He attended Hengyang Normal University, majoring in Chinese language. After graduating, he was dispatched to the Lingling campus of Hunan Normal University. He then entered the Communist Youth League system as a provincial functionary, eventually working his way up to leading positions. In June 1993, he became party chief of Changsha at the age of 38; a year later he joined the provincial party standing committee.

In January 1999, he was transferred to the southwestern province of Yunnan to become the provincial Political and Legal Affairs secretary, then cycled through the offices of organization department head, executive vice governor, and Deputy Party Secretary. He was first appointed the Governor of Yunnan in January 2007. He was re-elected as Governor by the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress on January 24, 2008.[3]

Qin was named the Party Secretary for Yunnan in November 2011.[4]

In mid September 2013, Qin led a delegation of more than 200 people to visit Taiwan. While in Taiwan, Qin met with the former Chairman of Kuomintang, Wu Po-hsiung. During the meeting, Qin encouraged Taiwanese businessmen to invest in Yunnan and make use of the province as the gateway to Southeast Asia and South Asia, creating business opportunities. He added that Yunnan welcomes Taiwanese farmers, township wardens, teachers, students, media and religious and business representatives.[5]

Aftermath of Yunnan corruption cases

In 2014, a large number of corruption investigations were opened in Yunnan province, involving former provincial party chief Bai Enpei, former provincial governor Shen Peiping, and former Kunming executive vice mayor Li Xi. Zhang Tianxin, the former party chief of the provincial capital, Kunming, was also demoted as a result of a party investigation. As part of the overall efforts to get to the bottom of corruption cases in the province, Qin Guangrong was asked to step down as party chief in October 2014.[6] Before he left his post he was said to have told his subordinates, "I am going to go somewhere else to work now. Thank you for everything." Subsequently Qin was named Vice Chair of the internal legal affairs committee of the National People's Congress.[7]

Qin was an alternate member of the 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, and a full member of the 17th,[4] and 18th Central Committees.[8]

Investigation

On May 9, 2019, Qin turned himself in to the government.[9] Qin Guangrong was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[9][10] On September 26, 2019, he had been expelled from the Communist Party of China.[11]

References
  1. Shen Fan; Denise Jia (10 May 2019). "Exclusive: Former Yunnan Leader Surrenders in Corruption Probe". caixinglobal.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. "Yunnan's former party secretary "surrenders" to anti-corruption commission". asianews. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. "Qin Guangrong re-elected governor of Yunnan Province". Xinhua. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  4. "Qin Guangrong elected Communist Party chief of SW China's Yunnan". People's Daily. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  5. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/09/19/2003572505
  6. "云南成又一腐败重灾区（2014-10-15 12:02）". Yuqing. Archived from the original on 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  7. "云南原书记秦光荣任全国人大内司委副主任委员". QQ. November 1, 2014.
  8. "List of members of the 18th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua. 2012-11-14.
  9. Matt Ho (9 May 2019). "Former Communist Party boss of Yunnan Qin Guangrong investigated for corruption". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  10. "云南省委原书记秦光荣接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查". Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  11. Gao Yuyang (高语阳) (26 September 2019). 云南原书记秦光荣被开除党籍：插手矿产资源转让. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 September 2019.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Bai Enpei		 Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan
2011–2014		 Succeeded by
Li Jiheng
Political offices
Preceded by
Xu Rongkai		 Governor of Yunnan
2007–2011		 Succeeded by
Li Jiheng
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