"Anti Corruption Storm" in Chengdu Housing and Construction Land System: Within 4 months, 6 officials were investigated. Shangshu | Chengdu City | Chengdu
In the housing, construction, and land departments involved in real estate development, a "anti-corruption storm" is being launched in Chengdu. Since the beginning of this year, six officials have undergone disciplinary review and supervision investigations.
On June 28th, the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Zhao Jiangming, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Chengdu Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation. Since February, six officials from the housing, construction, and land systems in Chengdu have been investigated.
These six individuals are respectively Shi Shangshu, a member of the Party Group of the Chengdu Planning and Natural Resources Bureau and Director of the Chengdu Land Reserve Center, Chen Li, Director of the Land Market Management Department of the Chengdu Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, Li Gang, Director of the Acquisition and Reserve Department of the Chengdu Land Reserve Center, He Xuejun, Director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the Chengdu Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau, Xiao Jinwen, Inspector of the former Chengdu Land and Resources Bureau, and Zhao Jiangming.
According to the release time of the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, on February 1st, Shi Shangshu was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and voluntarily surrendered to the case; On March 13th, March 14th, and March 15th, Chen Li, Li Gang, and He Xuejun were investigated successively; Xiao Jinwen and Zhao Jiangming were investigated on May 16th and June 28th, respectively.
Among them, Shi Shangshu, Chen Li, Li Gang, and Xiao Jinwen all come from the national land system. Shi Shangshu, Chen Li, and Li Gang used to have a direct superior subordinate relationship. Shi Shangshu has been serving as the Director of Chengdu Land Reserve Center since 2015, while Chen Li and Li Gang have respectively served as the Director and Deputy Director of the Business Planning Department of Chengdu Land Reserve Center. After the institutional reform, it was merged into the newly established Planning and Natural Management Bureau.
Xiao Jinwen served as the Deputy Director of Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources from December 2003 to March 2013 for 10 years, responsible for land development and consolidation. From March 2013 to May 2015, served as an inspector of the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources, and retired in May 2015. After retiring for 8 years, Xiao Jinwen is still under investigation.
Before Shi Shangshu and others were investigated, an official from the Chengdu Planning and Natural Resources Bureau had already been investigated and dealt with. In August 2022, the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision conducted a disciplinary review and supervisory investigation on Lan Zhengqiu, a former member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Chengdu Planning and Natural Resources Bureau.
On April 22 of this year, the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that after investigation, Lan Zhengqiu had lost his ideals and beliefs, had weak awareness of discipline and law, abandoned his original intention and mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the Party, and colluded to resist organizational review; Violating the spirit of the central eight point regulations by accepting gifts and gifts that may affect the fair performance of official duties; Not truthfully reporting personal matters and not truthfully explaining issues during organizational inquiries; Being an official without integrity, engaging in profit-making activities in violation of regulations, using power to seek benefits for family and friends, engaging in power and money transactions; Abuse of power for personal gain and illegal intervention in law enforcement activities; Utilize the convenience of one's position to seek benefits for others in project contracting, planning and approval, and receive significant amounts of money.
After studying at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and reporting to the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee for approval, it has been decided to expel Lan Zhengqiu from the Party; He/she shall be dismissed from public office by the Municipal Supervision Commission; Confiscate their illegal gains from disciplinary violations; Transfer the suspected criminal issues to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution, and transfer the involved property together.
On June 8th, the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that after investigation, Shi Shangshu had lost his ideals and beliefs, had weak awareness of discipline and law, and took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others in project contracting, fund allocation, and other aspects, and received huge amounts of property. Shi Shangshu seriously violated the discipline of the Party, constituted illegal duties, and was suspected of accepting bribes. It was decided to expel Shi Shangshu from the Party; He/she shall be dismissed from public office by the Municipal Supervision Commission; Transfer the suspected criminal issues to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution, and transfer the involved property together.
Among the 6 officials investigated this year, 2 of them are from the housing and construction system and have a hierarchical relationship.
Zhao Jiangming has been working at the Housing Management Bureau since he started working, serving as the Director of the Market Management Department, Director of the Property Management Department, Chief Engineer, and Deputy Director of the Chengdu Urban and Rural Real Estate Management Bureau; After the institutional reform, he served as a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Chengdu Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau.
He Xuejun works at the Construction Commission and has served as the Deputy Director of the Real Estate Development Management Department and the Deputy Director of the Construction Industry Development Department of the Chengdu Urban and Rural Development Commission. After the institutional reform, he served as the Deputy Director of the Real Estate Market Supervision Department and the Director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the Chengdu Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau.
Since 2022, the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has carried out special governance in ten major areas, including rural areas, education, medical care, elderly care and social security, urban housing construction management, ecological environmental protection, safety production, food and drug safety, administrative approval and government services, and law enforcement and justice.
Not long ago, the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a notice on further deepening the special governance work in the "Ten Major Areas" of corruption and work style issues around the people, which further refined the content, focus, and work requirements of the special governance in the "Ten Major Areas".
This year's work report of the Chengdu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection proposed to deepen the rectification of corruption in areas such as finance, state-owned enterprises, politics and law, where power is concentrated, capital is intensive, and resources are enriched, as well as in industries such as grain procurement and sales, and medicine. We will resolutely rectify the problems of "revolving doors" and "escape style resignations" of political and business personnel, and resolutely eliminate industry, systematic, and regional corruption with high risks and hidden dangers.