The "collusion bidding technique" of the deputy mayor of Xichang: businessmen who win the bid will give 9.69 million yuan in real estate in one go
Over the past decade, Ran Hongquan went from being an ordinary employee of a state-owned enterprise to becoming the Deputy Mayor of Xichang City and the Deputy Director of the Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau of Liangshan Prefecture. However, Ran Hongquan took advantage of his position to provide assistance to others in engineering project contracting, project fund allocation, and other aspects, illegally accepting more than 34 million yuan in property from others.
▲ Ran Hong's Complete Map According to "Clean Sichuan"
On September 8th, the Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision disclosed the "collusion bidding technique" of Ran Hongquan, former deputy mayor of Xichang City. In 2016, Ran Hongquan disclosed unpublished precise bidding information to the contractor Lu, illegally accepting 600000 yuan; In 2018, Ran Hongquan helped Mr. Lu win a project with a total price of 270 million yuan through missing bids. Mr. Lu gave him a property worth 9.69 million yuan as a gesture of gratitude... Ran Hongquan was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison and fined RMB 3 million for illegally accepting more than RMB 34 million in property from others.
From ordinary employees of state-owned enterprises to vice mayors
At the age of 34
In 2003, Ran Hongquan, who graduated from Southwest Jiaotong University, joined China Southwest Architectural Survey and Design Research Institute Co., Ltd. Over the past 10 years, he went through various positions such as engineer and project manager from an ordinary employee in a state-owned enterprise, and was promoted to deputy manager of the company's geotechnical engineering company.
In 2014, according to the poverty alleviation work arrangement in Sichuan Province, 34 year old Ran Hongquan was selected as a professional and technical talent and appointed as the deputy mayor of Xichang City Government. Due to his strong business skills, his work ability has been widely recognized by colleagues and subordinates.
▲ Ran Hong's Complete Map According to "Clean Sichuan"
In 2016, after the expiration of his tenure, Ran Hongquan chose to continue as the Deputy Mayor of Xichang Municipal People's Government, in charge of engineering projects. As a result, he officially achieved a significant role transformation of "being skilled and excellent leads to success". But with it, there was also Ran Hongquan's mindset of being dedicated to work and entrepreneurship.
From a deputy position in a state-owned enterprise to an important leadership position like deputy mayor, Ran Hongquan was floating in the midst of praise and flattery around him. His sense of superiority gradually increased, his work experience underwent a significant transformation, and his desire was also growing secretly. Ran Hongquan said, "One is in terms of social status, it's more about seeking others. The second is that I don't seek others, they come to me."
Subsequently, amidst the "sugar coated shells" of unscrupulous merchants, Ran Hongquan gradually lost himself. When the engineering boss, Mr. Lu, offered a thank-you fee and asked for his help in bidding for government investment and construction projects, Mr. Ran Hongquan readily agreed.
Assist contractors in winning bids
Thank you to the merchant for giving a property worth 9.69 million yuan
In March 2016, before the bidding for this engineering project, he took advantage of his position to disclose precise bidding information that had not been publicly disclosed to Mr. Lu. And Lu successfully won the bid based on the information provided by Ran Hongquan. After the completion of the project, Lu expressed his willingness to express gratitude for 600000 yuan.
▲ Ran Hong's Complete Map According to "Clean Sichuan"
Jiang Bin, a staff member of the Liangshan Prefecture Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, introduced that at that time, Ran Hongquan was very conflicted. In his own words, if he accepted this money, he would be dragged down by the boss, so he did not accept this money. Ran Hongquan said, "I never thought he would take so much money. It's been more than half a year since he wanted to buy a house, so I asked him to give me this money."
Under the temptation of interests, Ran Hongquan embarked on a corrupt path from missing bids, to "carrot bidding", and then to collusion, completely forgetting his original intention. In 2018, Ran Hongquan once again took advantage of his position to help Lu win a project with a total price of 270 million yuan through missed bids. Faced with a huge benefit fee of over 9.6 million yuan sent by Mr. Lu, careful and cautious Ran Hongquan tried every means to avoid the supervision of the organization.
During the period from 2018 to 2019, in order to allow Ran Hong to accept this gratitude fee with peace of mind, Lu purchased two shops in a certain property in Chengdu for him and paid him more than 9.69 million yuan for the purchase. Ran Hongquan said, "After asking for 600000 yuan, it actually no longer exists. A little more, there is no difference between 600000 yuan and 6 million yuan."
Due to his long-term work in the field of engineering construction, Ran Hongquan has accumulated rich experience in project operation. After working in government agencies, he still carried this "contractor style" work mindset and took advantage of his familiarity with the bidding process of engineering projects. He repeatedly carried out collusion activities, disrupting the bidding market order and damaging the local business environment. After the "adjustment" of multiple project operations, a "small circle" led by Ran Hongquan and coordinated by multiple engineering bosses, which artificially interfered with the bidding order of government invested engineering projects, has taken shape.
The contractor of the engineering project, Mr. Lu, said, "For me, after Ran Hongquan told me this news, I told the other three everything and told them which agency belongs to us. They needed to come in, and then Ran Hongquan and I worked together to find a way for the agency to win the bid."
Illegally accepting more than 34 million yuan in property from others
Sentenced to twelve years and six months
In 2020, Liangshan launched a systematic governance of prominent issues in key industry areas, with "artificially setting unreasonable clauses in bidding documents" as the key content of systematic governance in the bidding field. But when Ran Hongquan realized the serious consequences of waiting for him and wanted to "stop at the cliff", he chose not to actively confess and clarify the problem to the organization, but to achieve personal disciplinary and illegal behavior through job adjustments.
Ran Hongquan served as the Deputy Mayor of Xichang City Government for 7 years. "At that time, I felt that the probability of the 'high-voltage line' hitting me was too low, and that it would never be my turn. It was just a sense of luck at work." In November 2021, Ran Hongquan voluntarily proposed to be transferred to the position of Deputy Director of the Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau of Liangshan Prefecture during the transition. He naively thought that he could 'wash his hands with gold. ".
Ran Hongquan said, "In fact, my personal idea is to kill these things as soon as possible and not to affect the child. I am also thinking of staying away from these things, I also want my family, and I want them to stay away." But as Ran Hongquan later sighed, truly getting involved in corruption, just escaping is not enough to be alone. When the East Window incident occurs, it will inevitably bring permanent harm to the family.
Wang Shu, a staff member of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Liangshan Prefecture, introduced that Ran Hongquan's family ethics and upbringing are very contradictory. On the one hand, he has strict requirements for his children, and he often advises his younger brother to read more and good books. The two of them often share and discuss good books and articles together. On the other hand, they also recklessly accept gifts from others.
After investigation, from 2014 to 2022, Ran Hongquan took advantage of his position to provide assistance to others in engineering project contracting, project fund allocation, and other aspects, illegally accepting more than 34 million yuan in property from others. In March 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Liangshan Prefecture sentenced Ran Hongquan to 12 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of bribery and imposed a fine of RMB 3 million.
