Si Xinliang Explained

Office1:Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference
Term Start1:2010
Term End1:February 2013
1Blankname1:Chairman
1Namedata1:Zhou Guofu (Chinese: 周国富)
Qiao Chuanxiu (Chinese: 乔传秀)
Office2:Head of the Organization Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee
Term Start2:June 2001
Term End2:June 2010
Predecessor2:Shen Yueyue
Successor2:Cai Qi
1Blankname2:Party Secretary
1Namedata2:Zhang Dejiang
Xi Jinping
Zhao Hongzhu
Office3:Head of the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee
Term Start3:April 2001
Term End3:June 2001
Predecessor3:Li Congjun
Successor3:Chen Min'er
1Blankname3:Party Secretary
1Namedata3:Zhang Dejiang
Si Xinliang
Birth Place:Dongyang, Zhejiang
Party:Chinese Communist Party (expelled)
Occupation:Politician
Nationality:Chinese
Alma Mater:Central Party School

Si Xinliang (; born January 1950) is a former Chinese politician. From 2010 to 2013, Si served as the Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference, a mostly ceremonial legislative consultation body. Prior to that, Si served as the chief of the Organization Department of the Zhejiang provincial Chinese Communist Party Committee. He worked for several years under Xi Jinping, who was serving as the CCP Committee Secretary of Zhejiang.

Biography

Si was born and raised in Dongyang, Zhejiang province in January 1950. Si joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1981. He has a degree from Zhejiang Agricultural University (later merged into Zhejiang University) in animal husbandry.[1]

Si spent his entire career in Zhejiang province. He worked at a food processing company in his home county as a manager before entering politics, first as deputy county governor. He rose through the ranks and successively served as the CCP Committee Secretary of Pujiang County, the head of the Organization Department for the party organization in the city of Huzhou and later CCP Deputy Committee Secretary. He was then promoted to CCP Committee Secretary, then the provincial propaganda department head.[1]

Si served as chief of the provincial party Organization Department for nearly a decade, between 2001 and 2010, serving under three CCP committee secretaries, Zhang Dejiang, Xi Jinping, and Zhao Hongzhu.

In 2010, Si, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 60, was transferred from his Organization Department leadership position to take on the largely ceremonial role of Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference.[1] Si was detained for investigation in February 2015 by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.[1] [2] Si was notable for being the first provincial-ministerial level official to be detained from Zhejiang province since the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and also being the first official of his rank who once worked directly under Xi Jinping to be investigated.

Si Xinliang's son, Si Li (Chinese: 斯力), a provincial Communist Youth League official, was also detained.[3]

On June 19, 2015, after investigation by the CCDI, Si was expelled from the CCP. He was accused of violating the Eight-point Regulation, "playing golf rounds paid for by others", aiding the promotion and business activities of associates and taking "massive bribes", and "committed adultery." He was also said to have conspired with his wife to hide "ill-gotten gains" after gaining knowledge of his investigation, and "interfered and obstructed" the investigation.[4] Si was sentenced 13 years in prison for accepting bribes amounting to nearly 20 million yuan (around $2.9 million) by a court in Jiangxi province on December 13, 2016.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: February 16, 2015 . zh:浙江政协原副主席斯鑫良涉严重违纪违法接受调查 . 163.com.
  2. News: Former Zhejiang official probed for corruption. https://web.archive.org/web/20150221094220/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-02/16/c_134000100.htm. dead. February 21, 2015. Chinadaily. 2015-02-16.
  3. News: zh:被广厦老板供出 斯鑫良父子均身陷囹圄. http://china.dwnews.com/news/2015-02-16/59636346.html. Duowei News. February 16, 2015.
  4. Web site: zh:浙江省政协原副主席、党组副书记斯鑫良严重违纪违法被开除党籍. http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201506/t20150619_58143.html. Central Commission for Discipline Inspection . June 19, 2015.
  5. News: Former senior political advisor sentenced to 13 years for graft. Chinadaily. 2016-12-13.
  6. Web site: http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201612/t20161213_91064.html . zh:浙江省政协原副主席斯鑫良一审被判有期徒刑十三年 . December 13, 2016 . CCDI.