Fifteen people are held accountable in Ningxia, and illegal buildings such as the "tallest tower in the northwest" have been named by the State Council Office. The buildings have been notified by the State Council, and the enterprise, finance, Silk Road pearl, Ningxia, funds, and projects have been established
Recently, the latest issue of China Discipline Inspection and Supervision magazine published a signed article by Ai Juntao, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and Director of the Supervision Commission of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The article reveals that Ningxia has seriously investigated and dealt with corruption and responsibility issues behind the illegal construction of buildings such as the Minning Conference Center and the Silk Road Pearl Tower. Fifteen party members and leading cadres, including seven district management cadres, have been held accountable, promoting the "two safeguards" to become conscious and visible in action.
In October 2021, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on the issue of illegal construction of buildings in some heavily indebted areas: an audit found that eight projects in Qinghai, Ningxia, Guizhou, Yunnan and other regions had varying degrees of illegal construction of buildings.
Among them, in the absence of a clear construction subject, no funding source, and no construction procedures, the Ningxia Minning Conference Center project was directly selected by the Yinchuan Municipal Party Committee and Government to be funded by MCC Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. for inspection, reception, meetings, exhibitions, catering, and accommodation. Due to a lack of funding, the project was temporarily suspended. In April and June 2019, the Yinchuan Municipal Government decided to allocate financial funds to the Municipal State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which will promote construction in accordance with the principle of "government support and market-oriented operation". In June 2020, the project completed pre acceptance and operated in hotel mode. Yinchuan City and Minning Town have allocated 55 million yuan in fiscal funds through methods such as injecting capital into enterprises.
![Fifteen people are held accountable in Ningxia, and illegal buildings such as the "tallest tower in the northwest" have been named by the State Council Office. The buildings have been notified by the State Council, and the enterprise, finance, Silk Road pearl, Ningxia, funds, and projects have been established](https://a5qu.com/upload/images/8dc70e70ced13310d1b56f7315f12d11.jpg)
The notice pointed out that the financial discipline of the project was relaxed, and the construction was directly entrusted to the enterprise without a construction entity or funding source. The project was temporarily suspended due to a lack of funds and relied on financial support to complete the construction; This project avoids the approval process and starts construction directly without any procedures, while implementing and completing the necessary procedures.
The Silk Road Pearl Tower, with a design height of 448.2 meters, is known as the "tallest tower in the northwest". The State Council announced that the project is a comprehensive building planned and constructed by Yinchuan City, integrating broadcasting and television transmission, sightseeing tourism, and business exhibitions. In December 2018, Yinchuan City decided to jointly invest in the construction by China Railway Urban Development Investment Group Co., Ltd. and the municipal state-owned enterprise Yinchuan Tonglian Capital Investment and Operation Co., Ltd. At that time, partial construction of the tower and north podium had been completed. The actual funds in place for the project are 520 million yuan, of which 300 million yuan contributed by Yinchuan Tonglian Capital Investment and Operation Co., Ltd. is all fiscal funds.
Pengpai News noticed that in October 2021, the ongoing construction of the Silk Road Pearl Tower and the transfer of land use rights project were transferred through an agreement, with Ningxia local real estate enterprise Ningxia Zhongfang Industrial Group Co., Ltd. closing the transaction for a listed price of 858 million yuan. In March 2022, Ningxia Zhongfang Industrial Group announced the demolition of the tower foundation for the Silk Road Pearl Tower project.
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Site photos attached to the announcement of the tower foundation demolition project for the Silk Road Pearl Tower project