Chen Shulong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Shulong
陈树隆
Executive Vice Governor of Anhui
In office
March 2016 – November 2016
Preceded byZhan Xialai (詹夏来)
Succeeded byWu Cunrong (吴存荣)
Personal details
BornNovember 1962 (age 62)
Chaohu, Anhui
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materAnhui University of Finance and Economics
University of Science and Technology of China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳樹隆
Simplified Chinese陈树隆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Shùlóng

Chen Shulong (Chinese: 陈树隆; pinyin: Chén Shùlóng; born November 1962) is a former Chinese politician, and Executive Vice Governor of Anhui. He was dismissed from his position in November 2016 for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Career

Chen Shulong was born in Chaohu, Anhui in November 1962, and he was entered to Anhui University of Finance and Economics in 1983 and graduated in 1987. Then he became the instructor in the school. From 1989 to 1993, he served in Finance Department of Anhui. In 1993, he served as deputy director of Treasury Service Center of Anhui, and upgraded to director and General Manager of Anhui Financial Securities Company in 1994. Chen became General Manager of Anhui Trust and Investment company in 1998 (the company is renamed as Guoyuan Holdings in 2001).[1]

From 2002 to 2003, Chen served as Vice Mayor of Hefei. During office period, he also studied in University of Science and Technology of China. In 2003 he transferred to Wuhu, and served as Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary and Vice Mayor. He upgraded to Mayor of Wuhu in 2006, and served as CCP Committee Secretary in 2008. In 2011, he elected as Member of CCP Provincial Standing Committee of Anhui.[1] Chen was elected as Vice Governor of Anhui in 2012,[2] and upgraded to Executive Vice Governor of Anhui in 2016.[3] He was no longer served as Member of CCP Provincial Standing Committee of Anhui since October 2016.[4]

Investigation

On November 8, 2016, Chen Shulong was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the CCP's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations".[5] Chen was expelled from the CCP on May 2, 2017.[6]

On July 27, 2018, Chen Shulong stood trial for bribery, power abuse, insider trading and disclosing inside information, at the Intermediate People's Court of Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian province. Chen took advantage of his different positions to benefit others in business operations, obtaining projects and bank loans, investments and personnel promotions, and in return accepting money and property worth over 275.8 million yuan (40.6 million U.S. dollars) personally or through his family members between 1994 and 2016. Besides, he also abused of power, illegally made 137 million yuan (20.4 million U.S. dollars) of gains from insider trading and disclosed inside information.[7] Chen was sentenced to life in prison on April 3, 2019.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "陈树隆". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  2. ^ "陈树隆被任命为安徽省副省长". Hefei Daily. Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  3. ^ "陈树隆任安徽省政府党组副书记". people.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  4. ^ "十届安徽省委常委名单出炉，李锦斌当选为省委书记". The Paper. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  5. ^ "安徽省副省长陈树隆涉嫌严重违纪接受组织调查". CCDI. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  6. ^ "安徽省原副省长陈树隆严重违纪被开除党籍和公职". CCDI. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  7. ^ "Former vice governor of Anhui stands trial for bribery, power abuse, insider trading". Xinhua. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.