Mo Jiancheng Explained

Office1:Leader of the Discipline Inspection Team sent by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to Ministry of Finance
Term Start1:December 2015
Term End1:August 2017
Predecessor1:Liu Jianhua
Successor1:Zhao Huiling
Office2:Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi
Term Start2:January 2015
Term End2:December 2015
Predecessor2:Shang Yong
Successor2:Liu Qi
Office3:Executive Vice-Governor of Jiangxi
Term Start3:July 2013
Term End3:August 2015
Predecessor3:Ling Chengxing
Successor3:Mao Weiming
Office4:Communist Party Secretary of Baotou
Term Start4:December 2006
Term End4:April 2010
Predecessor4:Xing Yun
Successor4:Guo Qijun
Office5:Communist Party Secretary of Tongliao
Term Start5:January 2003
Term End5:December 2004
Predecessor5:Zhao Shuanglian
Successor5:Fu Taizeng
Office6:Mayor of Tongliao
Term Start6:September 2001
Term End6:March 2003
Predecessor6:Zhao Shuanglian
Successor6:Nashun Menghe
Mo Jiancheng
Native Name:莫建成
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Shengzhou, Zhejiang, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (1977–2017; expelled)
Alma Mater:Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Inner Mongolia Agricultural University

Mo Jiancheng (; born March 1956) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in both Inner Mongolia and Jiangxi. As of August 2017 he was under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency.[1] [2] Previously he served as leader of the discipline inspection team sent by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) to Ministry of Finance (MOF) from December 2015 to August 2017, Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi from January 2015 to December 2015, executive vice-governor of Jiangxi from July 2013 to September 2015, Communist Party Secretary of Baotou from November 2006 to April 2010, and Communist Party Secretary of Tongliao from January 2003 to December 2004. Mo worked with Su Rong for a long time.[3]

Mo was a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate member of the 18th CCP Central Committee.

Biography

Mo was born in March 1956 in Shengzhou, Zhejiang. He graduated from the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party and Inner Mongolia Agricultural University.

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he was a sent-down youth in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia. He entered the workforce in February 1972, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1977. In October 1993 he was promoted to become vice-mayor of Wuhai, a position he held until February 1998. From February 1998 to February 2000 he briefly served as deputy director of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Township Enterprise Bureau. He became the Mayor of Tongliao, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Inner Mongolia, in September 2001, and then Communist Party Secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in January 2003. In December 2004, he was appointed director of CCP Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Publicity Department, he remained in that position until November 2006, when he was transferred to Baotou and appointed Communist Party Secretary.

Jiangxi

In April 2010 he was transferred to Nanchang, capital of central China's Jiangxi province, and appointed director of CCP Jiangxi Provincial Organization Department. He rose to become executive vice-governor in July 2013, in January 2015 he was promoted again to become Deputy Communist Party Secretary. At the end of that same year, he was transferred to Beijing, capital of Chian, where he served as a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee of the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and leader of the discipline inspection team sent by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) to Ministry of Finance (MOF).

Downfall

On August 27, 2017, Mo Jiancheng has been placed under investigation for serious violations of laws and regulations by the party's disciplinary body. In November he was removed from membership of the 12th National People's Congress. On September 23, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from public office.

On September 12, 2018, the First Intermediate People's Court of Beijing tried to hear his case, the statement said that "Mo, suspected of taking bribes, took advantage of his posts to seek profits for others and accepted a huge amount of property".[4]

On January 23, 2019, Mo was sentenced on 14 years in prison and fined four million yuan for taking bribes worth 42.59 million yuan.

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Top anti-graft inspector at China's finance ministry under investigation . 27 October 2018 . reuters.
  2. News: http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-07-30/doc-ihfxsxzh9607907.shtml . zh:中纪委驻财政部纪检组原组长莫建成被诉 曾为苏荣旧部 . sina . 2018-07-30 . zh.
  3. News: http://news.ifeng.com/a/20170901/51843029_0.shtml . zh:方志敏长孙评莫建成落马:极力掩盖苏荣的罪恶勾当 . ifeng . 2017-09-01 . zh.
  4. News: Former CPC committee member of financial ministry expelled from CPC, public office . 27 October 2018 . Chinadaily . 23 September 2017.