Li Zhong, former vice mayor of Wuhan, was sentenced to 13 years in prison, and Hubei reported corruption cases in the field of engineering construction. Lin Changzhou | Engineering Construction | Field
On the 19th, the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision reported 5 typical cases of corruption in the field of engineering construction.
Qin Jun, former Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Commerce, made illegal decisions to promote the construction of engineering projects. From 2015 to 2017, during his tenure as the Mayor of Xiangyang City, Qin Jun knowingly held multiple meetings to forcefully promote the construction of the Wolong Ancient Town project, despite clear objections from water conservancy and planning departments. The project was demolished due to illegal occupation of floodplain land, resulting in particularly significant losses to national interests. The Qin army 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.
Li Zhong, former member of the Party Group and Deputy Mayor of Wuhan Municipal Government, engaged in favoritism and fraud during the process of land collection, storage, and transfer. From 2006 to 2011, during his tenure as the District Mayor and Party Secretary of Caidian District Government in Wuhan, during the process of purchasing land from a real estate development company by Caidian Urban Construction Investment and Development Co., Ltd., Li Zhong accepted a request from others and decided, without evaluation, to treat the collected land as equivalent to net land for commercial and residential use, and to have the urban investment company pay the land value-added tax on his behalf; In the process of approving the transfer of commercial and residential land to a certain real estate enterprise, I accepted requests from others, without conducting land price evaluation and public bidding, and directed the transfer of 458.45 acres of commercial and residential land to the company at a price lower than that of the same batch of land. This caused significant losses to national interests, and I personally accepted bribes from it. Li Zhong also had other serious violations of discipline, law, and crime. He was expelled from the Party and public office, and was sentenced to thirteen years in prison.
Mei Hua, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Hubei University of Economics, intervened in the issue of engineering bidding: From 2015 to 2021, during her tenure as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Hubei University of Economics, she used the convenience of her position in charge of procurement and bidding work to help the client win the bid by setting biased clauses in the bidding documents, greeting the client's judges, leaking judge information, and instructing the client to maliciously report, and personally accepted bribes from it. Mei Hua 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.
Yu Zhongquan, the former chief economist of Hubei Liantou Group, violated regulations in providing assistance to others in engineering project contracting and project payment settlement. From 2011 to 2015, during his tenure as the director of the comprehensive office and assistant to the general manager of Hubei Liantou Group, Yu Zhongquan accepted a request from a relevant person in charge of a company, greeted the person in charge of a subsidiary company of Hubei Liantou Group, and helped him undertake engineering projects. Later, he repeatedly requested the subsidiary company to pay attention to project payment settlement, and personally accepted bribes from it. Yu Zhongquan also has other serious violations of discipline and law, such as being expelled from the Party or public office, and being transferred to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution for suspected criminal issues.
Lin Changzhou, former secretary of the Zhongxiang Municipal Party Committee, intervened in various aspects of engineering construction and accepted bribes: From 2011 to 2019, during his tenure as mayor and secretary of the Zhongxiang Municipal Government, Lin Changzhou took advantage of his position to provide assistance to multiple clients in contracting engineering projects, adjusting project planning, reducing and exempting fees, land transfer, changing land nature, obtaining land use rights certificates, returning land transfer fees, and allocating planning and design fees, and soliciting or illegally accepting bribes. Lin Changzhou 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.