Guangdong Province reports that Gu Xingwei, former director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, has been dismissed from public office due to bribery and other cases involving the use of agricultural project approval power. | Issue | Gu Xingwei
Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has publicly announced 8 cases of violations of discipline and law in the field of rural revitalization
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized the resolute punishment of "fly greed" around the masses. The Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection deployed an in-depth crackdown on unhealthy practices and corruption in the field of rural revitalization, while the Second Plenary Session of the 13th Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection called for careful supervision and implementation of the Rural Revitalization and the "High quality Development Project for Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages". Recently, 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.
Gu Xingwei, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, took advantage of his approval power for agricultural projects to commit bribery. 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 entrepreneurs in applying for approval of national and provincial modern agricultural industrial parks and modern agricultural demonstration zones, obtaining special assistance funds, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property. Gu Xingwei also has other serious violations of discipline and law, such as being expelled from the Party and public office, and being transferred to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution for suspected criminal issues.
Case of Chen Muqi, former second level inspector of Dongguan Development and Reform Bureau, taking bribes and neglecting his duties while using his grain storage rights. From 2019 to 2022, Chen Muqi took advantage of his positions as Deputy Director of Dongguan Development and Reform Bureau and Director of the Municipal Grain Bureau to seek benefits for multiple grain enterprises in terms of grain collection and storage, daily supervision, and illegally received property; Failure to fulfill regulatory responsibilities seriously has led to problems such as "replacing old with new" in the storage of stored grain in the city, causing significant losses to national interests. Chen Muqi also has other serious violations of discipline and law, such as being expelled from the party and public office, and being transferred to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution on suspicion of criminal issues.
Ouyang Zanfeng, former Deputy Secretary General of the Political Consultative Conference of Heyuan City, intervened in the bribery case of a high standard basic farmland construction project. From 2017 to 2019, Ouyang Zanfeng took advantage of his position as a member of the Standing Committee and Executive Deputy County Magistrate of Lianping County to assist others in undertaking high standard basic farmland construction projects in Longjie Town and Shangping Town of Lianping County's agricultural comprehensive development in 2017 and 2018, illegally receiving 1.02 million yuan in property. Ouyang Zanfeng also had other serious violations of discipline and law. He was expelled from the party and public office, and was sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine.
Xu Liangcheng, former member of the Party group and deputy county mayor of Xuwen County Government in Zhanjiang City, intervened in a bribery case involving a small-scale rural infrastructure project. From 2013 to 2021, Xu Liangcheng took advantage of his positions as Director of Xuwen County Water Bureau, Director of Finance Bureau, and Deputy County Magistrate to help others undertake more than 80 small-scale rural infrastructure projects and illegally accept huge amounts of property. Xu Liangcheng also had other serious violations of discipline and law, such as being expelled from the Party and public office, and being transferred to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution for suspected criminal issues.
Gong Hongyue, a former employee of the Huangkeng Town Government Public Service Center in Nanxiong City, Shaoguan, took advantage of his power in land planning and law enforcement to obtain a key case. From 2017 to 2022, Gong Hongyue took advantage of his positions as the person in charge of Pingtian Natural Resources Department of Nanxiong City Natural Resources Bureau and an employee of Huangkeng Town Government Public Service Center. He used the excuse of tight land for agricultural projects, cumbersome approval for rural housing construction, and expired registration of integrated property rights for housing and land to extort or illegally accept property from multiple grassroots residents. Gong Hongyue also had other serious illegal issues, was dismissed from public office, and was suspected of committing crimes and transferred to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution.
Gao Maoyuan, former clerk of the Public Service Office in Siqian Town, Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, embezzled special funds for rural toilet renovation. From 2014 to 2018, Gao Maoyuan took advantage of his position in charge of rural toilet renovation work and fraudulently obtained 220000 yuan in special funds for rural toilet renovation in Siqian Town by forging household toilet renovation registration books and rural toilet engineering contracts. Gao Maoyuan also has other serious violations of discipline and law. He was expelled from the Party, his labor relationship was terminated, and he was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison with a fine.
Deng Yongqiang, former Secretary of the Party Committee, Director of the Village Committee, and President of the Economic Cooperative Society of Fenggang Village, Shishan Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, took advantage of his position in charge of renting village land to facilitate bribery. From 2017 to 2021, Deng Yongqiang took advantage of his position in charge of village land leasing to provide assistance to multiple private business owners in obtaining construction land quotas, reducing land rent, and other aspects. He demanded or illegally received 4.15 million yuan in property. Deng Yongqiang also had other serious violations of discipline and law. He was expelled from the party and sentenced to three years in prison with a fine.
Yang Yingwu, former staff member of the Grid Service Center in Nanjing Town, Puning City, Jieyang, illegally transferred the collective land use rights of the village. From 2011 to 2021, Yang Yingwu took advantage of his position as the Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee in Donggangliao Village, Nanjing Town, with the aim of making profits, and violated land management regulations. He illegally transferred 54 collective land and 27 mountain forests to villagers to build buildings or graves, collected 8.73 million yuan in property, and then deposited it into the village account. His behavior constituted the crime of illegal transfer of land use rights, and the circumstances were particularly serious. Yang Yingwu was expelled from the party and public office, sentenced to two years and six months in prison and fined.
The above 8 typical cases of serious violations of discipline and law have exposed that the anti-corruption struggle in the field of rural revitalization in Guangdong Province is still severe and complex, with a few party members, cadres, and public officials deviating from the nature and purpose of the party, seriously damaging the vital interests of the people, and affecting the overall situation of rural revitalization in the province. Serious investigation and public notification of these typical cases demonstrate the strong determination of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to comprehensively and strictly govern the Party. Party members and cadres should deeply learn from their lessons and take them as a warning.
The disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels in the province should closely focus on the overall work of implementing rural revitalization and the "Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages High quality Development Project", based on their functional responsibilities, strengthen political supervision, and promote the implementation of the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the work requirements of the Provincial Party Committee. We must closely focus on the implementation of responsibilities, layer by layer strengthen the political responsibility of the five level secretaries to promote rural revitalization, and focus on the responsibilities of the county party secretary as the "frontline commander", the township party committee secretary as the "frontline construction team leader", and the village party organization secretary as the "leading goose". We will focus on rectifying formalism and bureaucracy in policy implementation and work promotion. We need to strengthen the supervision and inspection of key projects, major funds, and important links, manage national assets and collective property well, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of farmers. We should adhere to the strict tone, strict measures and strict atmosphere, firmly and steadily investigate and deal with corruption and style problems that seriously infringe on the interests of the masses and interfere with the overall coordinated development of urban, rural and regional areas in the province, promote corruption as a whole, and promote the high-quality development of counties, towns and villages with the new results of improving the style, eliminating discipline and combating corruption, so as to provide a strong guarantee for writing a new chapter of Chinese path to modernization in Guangdong's practice of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers".