Pan Yiyang (Chinese: 潘逸阳; born August 1961) is a former Chinese politician who served in regional posts in Jiangxi province and Inner Mongolia.[1][2] Pan served as the Communist Party Secretary of Ganzhou between 2003 and 2010, and subsequently Executive Vice Chairman of Inner Mongolia. During his tenure in the autonomous region he also sat on the Party Standing Committee of Inner Mongolia.[3][4][5] He was placed under investigation for corruption in September 2014 and expelled from the Communist Party. Upon being convicted on charges of bribery, Pan was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[6]
In March 1998, he was appointed the CPC Party Chief of Conghua, he remained in that position until December 1998, when he was transferred to Xinyu and appointed the CPC Party Chief.[3]
From December 2001 to September 2003, he served as the head of the Agriculture Department of Jiangxi Province.[3]
He became the CPC Party Chief of Ganzhou in September 2003, and served until October 2010.[3]
The party investigation concluded that Pan engaged in "non-organizational political activities", did not observe "political discipline and political rules", gave gifts to seek specific offices, sought to advance the interests of associates through accepting cash and gifts. "Pan Yiyang was an alternate member of the Central Committee; his ideals and beliefs evaporated, severely violated party discipline, did not tone down his behavior even after the 18th Party Congress." He was expelled from the Communist Party on October 16, 2015, and his case moved to judicial authorities for processing.[8]
On April 18, 2017, Pan was sentenced on 20 years in prison for taking bribes worth 86.01 million yuan (~$12.50 million) and giving bribes equivalent to 7.61 million yuan (~$1.11 million) to former party General Office chief Ling Jihua by the First Intermediate People's Court in Tianjin.[6][9][10]
^内蒙古自治区党委常委、自治区政府副主席潘逸阳接受组织调查 (in Chinese). Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014.
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates ; S Committed suicide 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.