Ye Dongsong Explained

Ye Dongsong (Chinese: 叶冬松, born 1951 in Wuwei, Anhui) is a Chinese politician. He served as Chairman of the CPPCC Henan Committee from 2011 to 2018.[1] In January 2018, he was transferred to the party secretary of the Hebei Provincial Political Consultative Conference and was elected as a member of the 13th CPPCC National Committee.[2]

Ai Wenli, one of Ye's deputies, former vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was placed under investigation in July 2018 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison for bribery in 2019.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: China Vitae : Biography of Ye Dongsong. chinavitae.com. 2017-10-12.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20180127143232/http://sports.163.com/18/0126/06/D92BRKK400051C89.html List of members of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
  3. News: Li Lei . Ex-senior political adviser in Hebei sentenced for taking bribes . 6 October 2019 . chinadaily . 18 April 2019.
  4. News: Matt Ho . Former Communist Party boss of Yunnan Qin Guangrong investigated for corruption . 12 January 2021 . South China Morning Post . 9 May 2019.