Shi Wenqing Explained

Office1:Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress
Term Start1:January 2015
Term End1:January 2018
1Blankname1:Chairman
1Namedata1:Su Rong
Qiang Wei
Lu Xinshe
Office2:Communist Party Secretary of Ganzhou
Term Start2:October 2010
Term End2:July 2015
Deputy2:
(mayor)
Predecessor2:Pan Yiyang
Successor2:Li Bingjun
Office3:Vice Governor of Jiangxi
Term Start3:January 2008
Term End3:May 2011
Governor3:Wu Xinxiong
Shi Wenqing
Native Name:史文清
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Faku County, Liaoning, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (1974–2021; expelled)
Alma Mater:Xi'an Jiaotong University

Shi Wenqing (; born October 1954) is a former Chinese politician of Mongolian ethnicity who spent most of his career in both Heilongjiang and Jiangxi provinces. As of September 2020 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency, two years after retirement. He was vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress from 2015 to 2018, party secretary of Ganzhou from 2010 to 2015, and before that, vice governor of Jiangxi, from 2008 to 2011. Shi is the second vice-provincial level official in Jiangxi to be targeted by China's top anticorruption watchdog since the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, after Li Yihuang.[1]

Career

Shi was born in Faku County, Liaoning, in October 1954. During the Cultural Revolution, he was a worker in Horqin Left Middle Banner of eastern Inner Mongolia. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1974, and got involved in politics in July 1975, when he was appointed deputy party secretary of Wulanhua People's Commune . Then he assumed various posts in Jirem League (now Tongliao).

In May 1994, he was transferred to the capital Beijing, and worked as a secretary of the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and one year later was elevated to deputy director of its Research Office.

In May 1998, he was assigned as deputy party secretary to Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province. In January 2007, he took office as assistant governor of Heilongjiang.

In December 2007, he was despatched to east China's Jiangxi province, where he rose to become vice governor in January 2008, and concurrently serving as party secretary of Ganzhou since October 2010. In February 2015, he was made vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, serving in the post until his retirement in January 2018.

Downfall

On 18 December 2019, an article named "The Methods of Collecting Money and Faces of a Deputy-Provincial Senior Official" was circulated on the internet, which reported Shi's corruption and bribery.[2] And he responded that all news are slanders and rumors and I'm now making (writing) an explanation to the organization .[2]

On 21 September 2020, he was placed under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" 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.[3] His predecessor Pan Yiyang was sacked for graft in September 2014.[4] Both his deputies and had been placed under investigation in November 2014 and February 2017, respectively.[5] His colleague Gong Jianhua, also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, surrendered himself to anti-corruption authorities in November 2021.[6] On October 19, his qualification for delegates to the 13th National People's Congress was terminated.

On 28 March 2021, he was expelled from the Communist Party.[7] He was detained by the Supreme People's Procuratorate in April.[8] On May 13, he was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes and illegally possessing firearms.[9] [10] [11]

On 16 August 2022, he was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth more than 195 million yuan (about 30.83 million U.S. dollars) and illegally possessing a firearm.[12] He was deprived of his political rights for life, and all his personal assets were confiscated.[12]

Personal life

Shi has a son named Shi Jiachang (; born 1981).[13]

During Shi's tenure in Harbin, his niece (daughter of Shi's brother), a 16-year-old girl, who worked in his house was raped by him many times.[13] [14] [15] In addition, he raped his brother's other daughter.[13] [14] [15] He developed his wife's two nieces Yang Yuhua and Yang Yurong into full-time mistresses and sought benefits for their companies by his power.[13] [14] [15] He also had many part-time mistresses and kept several stewardess as mistresses and has several illegitimate children.[13] [14] [15]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Liu Guangbo (Chinese: 刘光博). https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2021-11-29/doc-ikyamrmy5727173.shtml . zh:十九大后江西第四“虎”龚建华被查 曾任南昌市委书记 . sina . 29 November 2021 . 29 November 2021 . zh.
  2. News: Tang Yi (Chinese: 唐易). https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2019/12-20/9038740.shtml . zh:江西赣州市委原书记史文清回应举报:都是诽谤造谣 . chinanews.com.cn . 20 December 2019 . 29 November 2021 . zh.
  3. News: Former Jiangxi provincial legislator under investigation . 29 November 2021 . xinhuanet.com . 21 September 2021.
  4. News: Former senior official sentenced to 20 years for graft . 29 November 2021 . chinadaily.com . 18 April 2017.
  5. News: Tang Yi (Chinese: 唐易). https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1616802 . zh:江西省工信委原党组书记冷新生被查,赣州前后两任市长均落马 . thepaper . 20 February 2017 . 29 November 2021 . zh.
  6. News: Senior Jiangxi provincial legislator under probe . 29 November 2021 . news.cn . 29 November 2021.
  7. News: https://www.ccdi.gov.cn/scdc/zggb/djcf/202103/t20210328_238642.html . zh:江西省人大常委会原党组成员、副主任史文清严重违纪违法被开除党籍 . ccdi.gov.cn . 28 March 2021 . 29 November 2021 . zh.
  8. News: Tong Haiqing (Chinese: 佟海晴). https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/qwfb/202104/t20210412_515460.shtml . zh:最高人民检察院依法对史文清决定逮捕 . spp.gov.cn . 12 April 2021 . 29 November 2021 . zh.
  9. News: Zhang, Yi . Former Jiangxi official charged with bribery . 29 November 2021 . chinadaily.com . 13 May 2021.
  10. News: Former provincial legislator charged with bribery, illegal possession of firearms . 29 November 2021 . xinhuanet.com . 13 May 2021.
  11. News: Liu Jiayong (Chinese: 刘家墉). https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/qwfb/202105/t20210513_517976.shtml . zh:浙江检察机关依法对史文清涉嫌受贿、非法持有枪支案提起公诉 . spp.gov.cn . 13 May 2021 . 29 November 2021 . zh.
  12. News: Former provincial legislator given death sentence with reprieve . 17 August 2022 . xinhuanet.com . 16 August 2022.
  13. News: Guo Fang (Chinese: 郭芳). http://fin.cjcn.com/fin/2020/1014/2776.html . zh:"赣南王"落马记:女朋友遍地 3千万买设备监听下属 . cjcn.com . 14 October 2020 . 29 November 2021 . zh.
  14. News: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/cnnews/20200922/bkn-20200922141706589-0922_00952_001.html . zh:退休省人大副主任受查 曾爆亂倫捲蘇榮兒子案件 . hk.on.cc . 22 September 2020 . 29 November 2021 . zh.
  15. News: Chu Wen (Chinese: 褚文). https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B/412325/%E8%A2%AB%E8%88%89%E5%A0%B1%E5%A4%A7%E8%82%86%E6%96%82%E8%B2%A1%E5%8F%8A%E6%9C%89-%E4%BA%82%E5%80%AB%E6%80%A7%E7%99%96%E5%A5%BD-%E6%B1%9F%E8%A5%BF%E5%89%8D%E5%89%AF%E7%9C%81%E9%95%B7%E5%8F%B2%E6%96%87%E6%B8%85%E5%9B%9E%E6%87%89 . zh:被舉報大肆斂財及有「亂倫性癖好」 江西前副省長史文清回應 . hk01.com . 20 December 2019 . 29 November 2021 . zh.