Four days ago, Tao Guanghong, the Secretary of the Xiaoxian County Party Committee who had been in office for 17 months, presided over a meeting and was dismissed from his post as the Secretary
After serving as the Secretary of the Xiao County Party Committee in Anhui Province for 17 months, Tao Guanghong recently reported being investigated.
On August 21st, Anhui Discipline Inspection and Supervision Network reported that Tao Guanghong, the Secretary of the Xiao County Party Committee, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Anhui Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
According to public data, Tao Guanghong, male, Han nationality, was born in October 1972 in Huaiyuan, Anhui Province, with a college degree, joined the CPC in July 1997, and started working in July 1994.
He had previously worked in Huaibei Mining Group Company, Suzhou Municipal Government Office, and other offices. In February 2013, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of Dangshan County Committee, and in September 2015, he was appointed as the Acting County Magistrate. In January of the following year, he was appointed as the County Magistrate. In March 2022, Tao Guanghong was appointed as the Secretary of the Xiao County Party Committee.
It is worth mentioning that just four days before this announcement was investigated, Tao Guanghong presided over the third plenary session of the Xiao County Safety Production Committee and Fire Safety Committee in 2023 on the morning of August 17th.
Pengpai News noticed that before Tao Guanghong, Wang Gongwei and Wu Baoliang had fallen from the position of Secretary of the Xiao County Party Committee.
Among them, Wang Gongwei has served as the Deputy Secretary, Deputy County Magistrate, Acting County Magistrate, and County Magistrate of Xiaoxian County, and has been serving as the County Party Secretary since July 2015. In October 2019, Anhui Discipline Inspection and Supervision Network reported that Wang Gongwei, the Secretary of the Xiao County Party Committee, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation.
In April 2021, the Intermediate People's Court of Bengbu City made a first instance judgment on the bribery case of Wang Gongwei. Wang Gongwei was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 2 million yuan for the crime of bribery. Wang Gongwei's illegal gains of RMB 19278888, USD 338000, and a Fengtian Elfa car worth RMB 10558200 were confiscated and handed over to the national treasury, totaling RMB 225870954.
The court found that from 2005 to 2019, Wang Gongwei took advantage of his position as Deputy County Magistrate of Lingbi County, Director of Suzhou Education Bureau, County Magistrate of Xiao County, and Secretary of Xiao County Party Committee to provide assistance to requesting units and individuals in the construction of new school campuses, establishment of art schools, cooperative education, and payment of project funds. He used his power to seek rent and illegally received a Toyota Elfa car worth RMB 19278888, USD 338000, and RMB 10558200 from Xue, Wei, and seven others. After the incident, the stolen funds of RMB 9 million and USD 31900, as well as Toyota Alphard, have been seized and the stolen funds of RMB 8 million and USD 200000 have been recovered by the public security organs in accordance with the law.
The bribery case of Wu Baoliang, who served as the Secretary of the Xiao County Party Committee from 2009 to 2012, has received high attention, and the units of the briber almost cover all townships and county offices in Xiao County.
On March 3, 2012, Wu Baoliang, the then Secretary of the Xiaoxian County Party Committee, voluntarily reported to the main leaders of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee that he had received more than 10 million yuan from others and turned it over to the County Investment Promotion Office and the County Party Committee Office. He also provided copies of some payment receipts. On March 8th, the Anhui Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection notified Wu Baoliang by phone to go for a conversation, and Wu Baoliang truthfully confessed to his bribery.
In June 2014, the Anhui Provincial High Court made a final ruling, determining that Wu Baoliang illegally received a total of RMB 18.692 million, USD 42000, a shopping card of RMB 64000, and a watch worth RMB 35000 from others in engineering projects, land acquisition and demolition, and cadre adjustment. The act of deceiving the public and evading strict legal punishment by using the method of returning while accepting without guarantee constitutes bribery and constitutes the crime of bribery. The final verdict upheld the first instance verdict of the Intermediate People's Court of Hefei City, which sentenced Wu Baoliang to life imprisonment for the crime of bribery.
According to Xinhua News Agency at the time, the Anhui Provincial High Court made a final ruling on the Wubaoliang case, and more than 80 "gift giving cadres" in the county were also dismissed: from several members of the county leadership team, including the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the County Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of the County People's Congress Standing Committee, and Deputy County Magistrate, to more than ten leaders of county-level units such as the Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, and the Director of Education; Nearly 20 party and government leaders have been dismissed from 23 townships in the county.
The investigators explained that there are four main characteristics of "cadre gift giving" in Xiao County: firstly, it involves a large number of people and a wide range of aspects. Gifters range from members of the county leadership team to county and township leaders, and even retired cadres; Secondly, it is mainly focused on festivals and weddings, under the name of "human interaction"; The third reason is that there are many times and a long time span, with many people giving gifts for more than 5 years. Some people came to Xiao County from Wu Baoliang in 2003 to "have an accident" in 2012, and "give gifts every year"; The fourth is "semi public enlightenment", and it has become a tradition to give gifts during festivals. Many cadres give gifts in groups, and one cadre has accompanied other cadres three times, jointly giving Wu Baoliang 48000 yuan.