Dou Yupei Explained

Dou Yupei
Office:Vice Minister of Civil Affairs
Premier:Wen Jiabao
Li Keqiang
Term Start:January 2006
Term End:November 2016
Birth Place:Tianjin, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Nankai University

Dou Yupei (; born September 1957) is a former Chinese politician, and Vice Minister of Civil Affairs. He was dismissed from his position in January 2017 for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Early life and education

Dou Yupei was born in Tianjin. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1982 and graduated from Nankai University.

Career

In 1990, Dou served as the director of Resettlement Office of Ministry of Civil Affairs, and transferred to the director of Department of Social Affairs in 1996.

In 2003 he became the director of the Office of Ministry of Civil Affairs, and promoted to the Vice Minister from 2006 to 2016.[1]

In 2009, he was appointed as the Vice President of the Red Cross Society of China until 2015.[2] [3]

Investigation

On January 9, 2017, Dou Yupei was under investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, according to the news conference statement.[4]

On February 8, 2017, Dou was given a serious warning and ordered to retire early.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: 资料:民政部副部长窦玉沛简历. 2014-03-28. xinmin.cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20140328180545/http://fashion.xinmin.cn/gd/2013/05/23/20399476.html. 2014-03-28. dead.
  2. News: 郭美美事件后中国红十字会换将. 2014-03-28. 东方早报. https://web.archive.org/web/20140328200024/http://www.dfdaily.com/html/21/2011/10/12/677459.shtml. 2014-03-28. dead.
  3. Web site: 黄卫任科技部副部长,窦玉沛被免去民政部副部长职务 . 2016-11-15 . .
  4. Web site: Two former senior civil affairs officials under investigation: CCDI . 2017-01-10 . .
  5. Web site: Ex-Chinese minister demoted for failing to curb ‘systematic corruption’ . 2017-02-09 . .