Approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: Decision to expel the former mayor from the party
On September 19th, the Qinghai Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Kong Lingdong, former deputy secretary of the Xining Municipal Party Committee and mayor, had been expelled from the Party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law.
According to the official resume, Kong Lingdong was born in December 1970 in Wuwei, Gansu. He has served as the Director and Party Secretary of the Development and Reform Commission of Xining City, Deputy Mayor of Haidong City, Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone, Standing Committee Member of the Xining Municipal Party Committee, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone, and Executive Deputy Director of the Management Committee. In 2021, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Xining Municipal Party Committee.
In January 2023, Kong Lingdong was dismissed from his position as Deputy Secretary of the Xining Municipal Party Committee and Mayor. On January 19th, he announced that he had been investigated.
After investigation, Kong Lingdong, as a party member, leading cadre, and national public servant, lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the party, and deliberately opposed organizational censorship; Ignoring the spirit of the central eight point regulations, illegally accepting banquets from private enterprise owners, and long-term accepting gifts, gifts, and consumption cards that may affect the fair execution of official duties; Irregular selection and appointment of cadres; Engage in money and sex transactions; Inaccurately fulfilling responsibilities, deviating from reality in formulating and forcibly demanding the completion of economic indicator tasks, resulting in falsification of statistical data and causing adverse effects. Violating regulations and interfering in market economic activities; Using public power as a tool for personal gain, utilizing the convenience of one's position to provide assistance to others in engineering contracting, business operations, etc., illegally accepting huge amounts of property.
Kong Lingdong seriously violated the political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, and work discipline of the Party, constituted serious violations of his duties, and was suspected of accepting bribes. He did not restrain himself or stop after the 18th National Congress of the Party, and his nature was serious and his impact was severe. He should be dealt with seriously.
According to the Regulations of the CPC on Disciplinary Punishment, the Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Punishment of Public Officials and other relevant provisions, after the discussion of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the meeting of the Standing Committee of the CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee, and after the deliberation of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, it was reported to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for approval, and it was decided to give Kong Lingdong the punishment of expulsion from; He shall be dismissed from public office by the Qinghai Provincial Supervision Commission; Terminate the representative qualifications for the 14th Party Congress of Qinghai Province and the 15th Party Congress of Xining City of the Communist Party of China; 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.
Kong Lingdong was a member of the 14th Qinghai Provincial Committee. Article 42 of the Constitution of the CPC stipulates that the punishment of removing members and alternate members of local committees at all levels from their posts within the Party, staying in the Party for inspection or being expelled from the Party must be reviewed by the standing committee of the discipline inspection committee at a higher level, and the discipline inspection committee at that level shall report to the Party committee at the same level for approval.
Therefore, the expulsion of Kong Lingdong from the Party must be reviewed by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and submitted to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for approval.
All members of the Provincial Party Committee
Apart from Kong Lingdong, there are also officials who need to report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for approval when they are punished this year. They are all members of the provincial party committee in their respective provinces.
On August 2nd, two officials from Shanxi Province were simultaneously punished - the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Guo Jingang, former member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Shanxi Provincial State owned Capital Operation Co., Ltd., and Li Jinping, former Secretary and Director of the Party Group of Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission, were both punished.
According to the open resume, Guo Jingang, male, Hui nationality, born in July 1964 in Zhongmou, Henan Province, who was investigated on June 18 last year, has a postgraduate degree. He joined the CPC in December 1994 and started working in July 1987. Guo Jingang has served as the Deputy Secretary, Vice Chairman, and General Manager of the Party Committee, as well as the Secretary and Chairman of the Party Committee of Datong Coal Mine Group Co., Ltd; Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Jinneng Holding Group Co., Ltd. In May 2022, appointed as a member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Shanxi Provincial State owned Capital Operation Co., Ltd. Guo Jingang is a member of the 12th Shanxi Provincial Committee of the CPC.
Li Jinping, male, Han nationality, born in July 1964 in Lingshi, Shanxi Province, who was also "double opened" with Guo Jingang, has an on-the-job doctoral degree. He joined the CPC in July 1995 and started working in July 1987. Li Jinping, who was investigated on August 12th last year, has served as the Secretary and Chairman of the Party Committee of Shanxi Lu'an Mining Co., Ltd., the Secretary and Director of the Party Group of Shanxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, and the Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of Shanxi Transformation Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone. In September 2021, he was appointed as the First Deputy Director of the Office of the Finance and Economics Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, as well as the Secretary and Director of the Party Group of the Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission. Li Jinping is a member of the 12th Shanxi Provincial Committee of the CPC.
According to the notification of the two persons, Guo Jingang and Li Jinping were expelled from the Party according to the Regulations of the CPC on Disciplinary Actions, the Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Sanctions for Public Officials and other relevant provisions, after being studied at the meetings of the Standing Committee of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Shanxi Province and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, and reported to the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for deliberation and approval of the CPC Central Committee.
In the first half of this year, one official who was expelled from the Communist Party of China also needs to report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for approval. On April 12th, the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Wan Kai, former deputy secretary of the Ganzhou Municipal Party Committee and former mayor of Jiangxi Province, had been expelled from the Party and held public office.
According to the public resume, Wan Kai, male, Han nationality, born in Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province in September 1973, who was investigated on May 9 last year, joined the CPC in September 1999 and started work in September 1994.
Wan Kai has served in Nanchang for a long time, serving as the Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Nanchang Municipal Party Committee and the Director of the Municipal Stability Maintenance Office; Jinxian County Magistrate and County Party Secretary; Members of the Party Group and other positions of the People's Government of Nanchang City. From November 2016 to August 2019, served as the Deputy Mayor of Fuzhou City and Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau; From August 2019 to December 2021, he served as a member of the Party Committee, Deputy Director, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, and Executive Deputy Director of the Jiangxi Provincial Public Security Department; From December 2021 to January 2022, served as the Deputy Secretary of the Ganzhou Municipal Party Committee and was nominated as a candidate for the mayor of Ganzhou City; From January 2022 to May 2022, served as the Mayor of Ganzhou City. Wan Kai is a member of the 15th Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the CPC.
According to the announcement, after being studied by the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and reviewed by the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, it was approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and decided to expel Wan Kai from the party.
Statistical data falsification
Speaking of Kong Lingdong.
According to his public resume, Kong Lingdong graduated from the Chinese Department of Qinghai Normal University with a major in secretarial work in 1990 and joined the Xining Labor Bureau. Starting from December 1999, he served as the Deputy Director of the Xining Economic and Trade Commission, Deputy Director of the Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone Economic Development Bureau, Deputy Director of the Finance Bureau, and Deputy Director of the Investment Promotion Center. In July 2006, he was appointed as the Deputy District Chief of Chengdong District, Xining City, at the deputy department level.
Since 2007, Kong Lingdong has successively served as Deputy Director of Dongchuan Industrial Park Management Committee, Deputy Director of Nanchuan Industrial Park Management Committee, Researcher of Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone, Deputy Director of Dongchuan Industrial Park Management Committee, Director and Deputy Secretary of Party Committee of Dongchuan Industrial Park Management Committee of Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone, Deputy Mayor of Haidong City, Deputy Director of Haidong Industrial Park Management Committee, Standing Committee Member of Xining Municipal Committee, Executive Deputy Secretary of Party Working Committee and Executive Deputy Director of Management Committee of Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone.
From March 2021 to April 2021, Kong Lingdong became the Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Xining City. He officially became the Mayor of Xining City in April 2021, and was dismissed from his position as Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Xining City in January of this year.
In April 2021, when Kong Lingdong took office as the new mayor of Xining City, there were only four mayors born in the 1970s among the provincial capital cities in China. Kong Lingdong, born in December 1970, was one of them, but he was dismissed less than two years later.
In August 2021, just four months after becoming the mayor of Xining City, Kong Lingdong accepted an interview with People's Daily Online. In that interview, he stated that 10 work style inspection teams should be established in Xining to play a sharp role in inspection, rectify stubborn diseases, establish a clean and upright atmosphere, promote work implementation, focus on solving formalism, bureaucracy and other work style problems in the cadre team, and carry out "Top 10" and "Top 10" supervision and evaluation on government departments, grassroots stations, and public service enterprises in the city. "Consolidate work responsibilities, improve work style, and enhance service quality with a resolute attitude of 'real action meets hard'."
It is worth mentioning that Kong Lingdong's "double opening" notification criticized him for "deviating from reality and forcibly demanding the completion of economic indicators, resulting in the falsification of statistical data", exposing Kong Lingdong's "two faced" behavior.
Previously, there were also accusations of "data fraud" by fallen tigers. After Zhang Jinghua, the alternate member of the 19th Central Committee and former deputy secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, was "double opened", some media noticed that the notice from the disciplinary inspection and supervision department specifically mentioned that Zhang Jinghua "deviated from his political performance view, falsified economic data for personal progress, and illegally intervened in market economy activities.".
In March of this year, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission pointed out in an article: "In recent years, the National Bureau of Statistics has resolutely investigated and dealt with cases of statistical violations and laws, and urged them to be reported and exposed, which has shown a restraining and deterrent effect. However, from the perspective of the cases investigated and dealt with, the problem of statistical fraud not stopping and not converging is still prominent." The relevant person in charge of the disciplinary inspection and supervision team stationed at the National Development and Reform Commission introduced that research has found that a few places have created a development illusion through data; The method of human intervention in statistical data has changed from light to dark, using reminders, greetings, and other means to instruct articles on statistical data; The scope of statistical fraud indicators is broader, and they have begun to spread to indicators that reflect the quality of economic and social development, such as the ratio of research and development funds, energy consumption per unit of GDP, and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP.
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