Gu Xingwei, former director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department of Guangdong Province, has been prosecuted for treating agricultural projects as "Tang Monk meat"

On September 6th, a reporter from Justice Network learned from the Supreme People's Procuratorate that Gu Xingwei, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guangdong Province, was suspected of accepting bribes. The case has been designated by the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate for jurisdiction and has been prosecuted by the Zhuhai Municipal People's Procuratorate to the Zhuhai Intermediate People's Court in accordance with the law.

During the review and prosecution stage, the procuratorial organs informed the defendant Gu Xingwei of his litigation rights in accordance with the law, interrogated the defendant in accordance with the law, and listened to the opinions of the defense counsel. The People's Procuratorate of Zhuhai City charges that from 2004 to 2022, the defendant Gu Xingwei took advantage of his position as Director of the Coordination and Development Research Office of the Policy Research Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, former Deputy Director of the Agriculture Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, former Deputy Director of the Agriculture Department of Guangdong Province, Secretary General of the Guangdong Provincial Government, and Director of the Agriculture and Rural Department of Guangdong Province to seek benefits for others, illegally accepting property from others, with a particularly large amount. He should be held criminally responsible for accepting bribes in accordance with the law.

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Seeking benefits for others

On May 15th, the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued a notice stating that Gu Xingwei, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, had been "double opened".

The "Shuangkai" notice stated that Gu Xingwei lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original mission, had weak political consciousness, and did not implement the requirements for inspection and rectification; Ignoring the spirit of the central eight point regulations, illegally accepting gifts and gifts, and illegally borrowing vehicles from management and service recipients; Violation of organizational principles, failure to report personal matters in accordance with regulations, and failure to truthfully explain issues to the organization during organizational inquiries; Being an official without integrity, using the influence of one's position to seek benefits for the business activities of relatives; Swelling personal desires, engaging in power and money transactions, using the convenience of their positions to seek benefits for others in agricultural project approval, financial subsidies, etc., and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.

Gu Xingwei seriously violated the political discipline, organizational discipline, and integrity 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, with a negative impact. He should be dealt with seriously. In accordance with 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 Punishments of Public Officials and other relevant provisions, Gu Xingwei was decided to be expelled from the Party after being studied at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and reported to the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee for approval; Being dismissed from public office by the Guangdong Provincial 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.

According to the open resume, Gu Xingwei, born in March 1963 in Guangfeng, Jiangxi Province, has an on-the-job postgraduate degree, started work in July 1984, and joined the CPC in April 1985.

Formerly served as the Deputy Director of the Agriculture Office of the Guangdong Provincial Committee; Member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture of Guangdong Province; Deputy Secretary General of Guangdong Provincial Government; Director of the Agriculture Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Director of the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office; Director of the Agriculture Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Secretary and Director of the Party Group of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Director of the Provincial Bureau of Rural Revitalization.

A reporter from Justice Network noticed that on August 2nd, the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision publicly reported 8 cases of violations of discipline and law in the field of rural revitalization, including the case of Gu Xingwei, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, taking bribes using the approval power of agricultural projects.

According to the announcement, from 2005 to 2023, Gu Xingwei took advantage of his positions as Deputy Director of the Agricultural Office of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, and Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to provide assistance to multiple private enterprise owners in applying for national and provincial modern agricultural industrial parks and demonstration zones, obtaining special subsidy funds, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.