Xu Jianyi Explained

Term Start1:December 2010
Term End1:15 March 2015
Predecessor1:Zhu Yanfeng
Successor1:Xu Ping
Office2:President of FAW Group
Term Start2:December 2007
Term End2:December 2010
Predecessor2:Zhu Yanfeng
Successor2:Xu Xianping
Office3:Communist Party Secretary of Jilin City
Term Start3:September 2006
Term End3:December 2007
Predecessor3:Jiao Zhengzhong
Successor3:Zhou Huachen
Office4:Mayor of Jilin City
Term Start4:September 2006
Term End4:December 2007
Predecessor4:Jiao Zhengzhong
Successor4:Zhang Xiaopei
Xu Jianyi
Native Name:徐建一
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Fushan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (expelled)
Occupation:Politician, entrepreneur
Alma Mater:Jilin University

Xu Jianyi (; born December 1953 in Fushan District, Yantai, Shandong) is a former Chinese politician and entrepreneur. He was the Chairman of FAW Group, the delegate of the 17th and 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the member of the 11th and 12th National People's Congress. On March 15, 2015, Xu Jianyi was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency.[1] In 2017, Xu was sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery.

Career

Xu Jianyi was born in Fushan District, Yantai, Shandong, traces his ancestry to Nanjing. He went to work in April 1970 and joined Chinese Communist Party in June 1986. In 1975 Xu went to FAW Group. In 1990–1994, Xu Jianyi went to Changchun Automobile Research Institute (Chinese: 长春汽车研究所). In December 2004, Xu became the mayor of Jilin City, and he became the Communist Party Secretary of Jilin City in September 2006. In December 2007, he became the President of FAW Group, a Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company.[2] Xu Jianyi became the Chairman of FAW Group in December 2010.[3]

Downfall

On March 15, 2015, Xu Jianyi was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of laws and regulations".[1] Before the investigation, FAW Group officers are investigated by the local commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party.[4]

On August 13, 2015, the CCDI announced his expulsion from the Chinese Communist Party. In the announcement, the anti-graft body cited a litany of abuses, including "not carrying out decisions made by the [party] organisation," working to seek promotion for his son, accepting cash gifts, purchased real estate which "contravened the interests of the state", illegally procured bonuses, took bribes to seek gain for others in the promotion of subordinates and operations of businesses, and obstructed and interfered with the investigation into his wrongdoing. He was indicted on bribery charges, though the announcements did not say that his bribes were "massive" in scale, unlike most other announcements of this type.[5]

On February 9, 2017, Xu was sentenced on 11 years and 6 months in prison for taking bribes worth 12.18 million yuan (~$1.77 million) by the First Intermediate People's Court in Beijing.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中国第一汽车集团公司董事长、党委书记徐建一接受组织调查 . Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party. 2015-03-15.
  2. Web site: Sina.com. 2007-12-28. 吉林原市委书记徐建一任一汽总经理.
  3. Web site: ifeng.com. 2010-12-30. 一汽:徐建一任董事长兼党委书记 总经理待定.
  4. http://business.sohu.com/20140903/n404009646.shtml 一汽再曝8人被处理 一退休八年老领导被调查
  5. News: 一汽集团原董事长徐建一被双开. Sina. August 13, 2015.
  6. News: China jails former chief of state-owned automaker FAW for graft. Reuters. Feb 9, 2017.