Jiao Lansheng Explained

Office1:Chairman of Yangjiang Municipal People's Congress
Term Start1:January 2019
Term End1:May 2021
Office2:Communist Party Secretary of Yangjiang
Term Start2:October 2018
Term End2:May 2021
Deputy2: (mayor)
Office3:Mayor of Zhongshan
Term Start3:May 2016
Term End3:October 2018
1Blankname3:Party Secretary
1Namedata3:Chen Rugui
Successor3:Wei Weihan
Jiao Lansheng
Native Name:焦兰生
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (1985 - 2023; expelled)
Alma Mater:Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
Sun Yat-sen University
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Jiāo Lánshēng

Jiao Lansheng (; born May 1962) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in south China's Guangdong province. As of November 2022 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency. Previously he served as party secretary of Yangjiang and mayor of Zhongshan.

He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Early life and education

Jiao was born in Lanzhou, Gansu, in May 1962, while his ancestral home in Changyuan, Henan.[1] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he was accepted to Xi'an Institute of Metallurgical Architecture (now Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology), where he majored in industrial and civil buildings.[1]

Political career

After university in 1982, Jiao worked at China Nonferrous Metals Third Construction Company and than the Zhuhai Real Estate Development Management Office.[1]

Jiao joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1985.[1] He got involved in politics in October 1993, when he was appointed deputy director of the Zhuhai Municipal Infrastructure Land Development Management Center.[1] He assumed various administrative and political roles in Zhuhai, including director of Zhuhai Environmental Protection Bureau (2001–2004), director of Zhuhai Lingang Industrial Zone Management Committee (2004–2006), director of Zhuhai Gaolangang Economic Zone Management Committee (2006–2008), party secretary of Doumen District (2008–2012), chairman of the People's Congress of Doumen District (2008–2012), and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Zhuhai Municipal Committee (2011–2014).[1] He also served as vice mayor of Yangjiang from December 2013 to April 2016.[1]

In April 2016, he was named acting mayor of Zhongshan, confirmed in the following month.[1]

In October 2018, he was recalled to Yangjiang. He was appointed party secretary, concurrently serving as chairman of its People's Congress.[2] [3]

Investigation

On 7 November 2022, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[4] Wei Weihan, his successor in Zhongshan, was disgraced on 19 April 2024.[5]

On 6 April 2023, he was expelled from the CCP and removed from public office.[6] He was detained by the Dongguan People's Procuratorate on May 8.[7]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Zhuang Yu (Chinese: 庄彧) . http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201701/23/t20170123_19820191.shtml . zh:中山新一届市长、副市长简历(市长焦兰生) . ce.cn . 23 January 2017 . 8 November 2022 . zh.
  2. News: Yi Yi (Chinese: 伊一) . http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201810/18/t20181018_30565175_1.shtml . zh:中山市长焦兰生调任阳江市委书记 陈小山不再担任 . ce.cn . 18 October 2018 . 8 November 2022 . zh.
  3. News: Zhuang Yu (Chinese: 庄彧) . http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201901/19/t20190119_31303098.shtml . zh:焦兰生当选阳江市人大常委会主任 . ce.cn . 19 January 2019 . 8 November 2022 . zh.
  4. News: https://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/202211/t20221107_229301.html . zh:广东省阳江市委原书记焦兰生接受纪律审查和监察调查 . ccdi.gov.cn . 7 November 2022 . 8 November 2022 . zh.
  5. News: Jiang Ziwen (Chinese: 蒋子文) . https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_27087965 . zh:广东厅官危伟汉被查:连续两任中山市长先后落马 . thepaper . 19 April 2024 . 19 April 2024 . zh.
  6. News: Liu Yilong (Chinese: 刘艺龙) . https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2023-04-07/doc-imypnfhv2093944.shtml . zh:曾与“老虎”搭班子的市委原书记被“双开”,通报现罕见表述 . sina . 6 April 2023 . 19 April 2024 . zh.
  7. News: Wang Hui (Chinese: 王卉) . https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_22998784 . zh:广东省阳江市委原书记焦兰生等3名厅官被决定逮捕 . thepaper . 8 May 2023 . 19 April 2024 . zh.