Wang Yan, former secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee who caused national losses exceeding 60 million yuan and accepted bribes exceeding 22 million yuan, has been put on trial in Lanzhou City | Municipal Party Committee | assumed | project | court | secretary | Jiayuguan | Wang Yan
Wang Yan, a Gansu official who was investigated in October 2020, has recently been put on trial.
The reporter from Pengpai News learned from the Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court that on June 14 and 15, 2023, the Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court in Gansu Province held a public trial of the case of corruption, bribery, and abuse of power by Wang Yan, a former inspector of the Gansu Provincial People's Committee.
The People's Procuratorate of Lanzhou City accuses that from 2009 to 2011, Wang Yanli used his position as Director of the Gannan Prefecture Development and Reform Commission and Secretary of the Xiahe County Party Committee to embezzle 1 million yuan of public funds by falsely listing technology renovation loan interest subsidy projects and instructing others to embezzle project funds; From 2005 to 2020, Wang Yan served as the Secretary of the Xiahe County Party Committee, Director of the Gannan Prefecture Development and Reform Commission, Deputy Governor of Gannan Prefecture, Deputy Director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Mayor of Jiayuguan City, Secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee, and Inspector of the Provincial People's Committee. He used his position to provide assistance to others in engineering contracting, project approval, and job promotion. He received and solicited gifts from 42 private entrepreneurs and party and government officials, totaling more than RMB 22.92 million; During his tenure as the Mayor and Party Secretary of Jiayuguan City, Wang Yan signed an investment cooperation agreement with Shanghai Yuxi Company and FAW Lingyuan Company without authorization, and established the project company Jiayuguan Yite Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Afterwards, it was instructed and arranged that Jiayuguan Economic and Technological Development Zone Development Co., Ltd. sign an "Investment Cooperation Supplementary Agreement" with FAW Lingyuan Company and Shanghai Yuxi Company, and sign a "Loan Interest Agreement" with Yite Company, agreeing that the Economic Development Company will repay the loan interest on behalf of Yite Company. And instruct and arrange the Jiayuguan Municipal Government to return the land transfer fee to Yite Company.
Wang Yan's above-mentioned behavior violated the prohibitive provisions in relevant laws and regulations, causing more than 60.4 million yuan in national economic losses. Requesting criminal responsibility for corruption, bribery, and abuse of power.
During the trial, the court read out the report of the pre-trial meeting, clarifying the focus of the dispute between the prosecution and defense. Under the auspices of the court, both the prosecution and defense conducted a court investigation and debate around the facts of the charges, fully expressing their opinions. The defendant Wang Yan made a final statement. The court has protected the various litigation rights of the defendant and defense counsel in accordance with the law. More than 400 people, including representatives of the People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, people from all walks of life, and relatives of the defendant, attended the trial in Lanzhou. This case will be sentenced at a later date.
According to the public data, Wang Yan, male, Han nationality, was born in July 1963 in Zhouqu, Gansu Province, with a postgraduate degree in the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, started work in July 1982, and joined the CPC in May 1989.
Wang Yan worked at Zhouqu County No.1 Middle School and Gannan Prefecture Cooperative No.1 Middle School in his early years. In March 1999, he entered his official career and became the Deputy Minister of Propaganda Department of Gannan Prefecture Committee. Afterwards, he served as the Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department and Director of the State Civilization Office of the Gannan Prefecture Committee, Deputy Secretary General and Director of the Secretariat of the Gannan Prefecture Committee, Secretary of the Xiahe County Committee, Secretary and Director of the Party Group of the Gannan Prefecture Development and Reform Commission, and Deputy Governor of Gannan Prefecture.
In December 2012, Wang Yan left Gannan Prefecture where he had been working for many years and became a new member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Gansu Provincial Development and Reform Commission. Starting from June 2016, he was transferred to work in Jiayuguan City, serving as the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Mayor, Acting Mayor, and Mayor. He also served as the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee in April 2017. In January 2018, Wang Yan transferred to the Gansu Provincial People's Committee and successively served as a member of the Party group, inspector, inspector, and first level inspector until being reported for inspection in October 2020.
In recent years, including Wang Yan, three secretaries of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee have been investigated. Apart from Wang Yan, Ma Guangming, who served as the Secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee from February 2009 to July 2011, and Zheng Yajun, who served as the Secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee from August 2011 to March 2016, have both been arrested.