Yun Gongmin Explained

Office1:General Manager of China Huadian Corporation
Term Start1:June 2008
Term End1:November 2013
Predecessor1:Cao Peixi
Successor1:Li Qingkui
Office2:Vice-Vhairman of Shenhua Group
Term Start2:October 2006
Term End2:June 2008
Office3:Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi
Term Start3:June 2003
Term End3:October 2006
1Blankname3:Communist Party Secretary
1Namedata3:Tian Chengping
Office4:Communist Party Secretary of Taiyuan
Term Start4:September 2001
Term End4:January 2006
Predecessor4:Hou Wujie
Successor4:Shen Weichen
Office5:Vice Governor of Shanxi
Term Start5:July 2001
Term End5:November 2001
Governor5:Liu Zhenhua
Office6:Vice-Chairman of Inner Mongolia
Term Start6:January 1997
Term End6:July 2001
1Blankname6:Chairman
1Namedata6:UlijiYun BulongUyunqimg
Office7:Communist Party Secretary of Yih Ju League
Term Start7:January 1995
Term End7:October 1996
Predecessor7:Chen Qihou
Successor7:Xing Yun
Office8:Mayor of Yih Ju League
Term Start8:May 1993
Term End8:January 1995
Predecessor8:Hu Zhi'an
Successor8:Xing Yun (politician)
Yun Gongmin
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (expelled; 1979-2020)
Alma Mater:Tsinghua University
Module:
Child:yes
P:Yún Gōngmín

Yun Gongmin (; born September 1950) is a retired Chinese politician of Mongol ethnicity. He entered the workforce in August 1968, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1979. He was investigated 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, in October 2019. He retired in November 2013 after five years as the deputy Communist Party Secretary and general manager of China Huadian Corporation, one of China's largest power companies, between 2008 and 2013.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Yun was born in September 1950. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he was a sent-down youth in Gucheng Township of Togtoh County. From 1971 to 1975 he was a worker at a transportation company in Hohhot. In 1975 he was accepted to Tsinghua University, majoring in automobile making, where he graduated in 1979.

Career

After graduation, he involved in politics. He took the role of Inner Mongolia government's vice-chairman in January 1997 and was transferred to Shanxi province as vice-governor in July 2001.[3] He concurrently served as Communist Party Secretary of Taiyuan between September 2001 and January 2006. In June 2003 he was elevated to deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi, a position he held until October 2006. From October 2006 to June 2008 he was vice chairman and deputy Party Branch Secretary of Shenhua Group, a state-owned mining and energy company. He became general manager and deputy Party Branch Secretary of China Huadian Corporation in June 2008, serving in the post until he retirement in November 2013.

He was a delegate to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Downfall

On October 24, 2019, he has been placed under investigation for serious violations of laws and regulations, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement on its website, without elaborating.[4] [5]

On September 30, 2020, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from public office.[6] He was under arrest on suspicion of taking bribes in the following month.[7] In November, he has been indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes.[8]

Yun's former boss Li Qingkui, a former Party Branch Secretary and chairman of China Southern Power Grid, one of China's largest regional grid operators, was placed on two-year probation within the Party .[9] [10]

On October 9, 2022, he was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting more than 468 million yuan ($70.2 million) in bribes by the Changchun Intermediate People's Court, and will face a life imprisonment without any possibility of commutation or parole after the two-year reprieve.[11] [12]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Brenda Goh . China Graft Watchdog Probes Former Official of State-Owned Power Generator . nytimes.com . 24 October 2019 . 25 October 2019.
  2. News: Chen Xuanwan . Han Wei . Retired Head of State Power Giant Huadian Under Probe . 25 October 2019 . caixinglobal . 25 October 2019.
  3. News: Cao Ying . Ex-electricity tycoon under investigation . Chinadaily . 25 October 2019 . 25 October 2019 .
  4. News: xinhua . Former general manager of China's state-owned power company investigated . china.org.cn . 24 October 2019 . 25 October 2019.
  5. News: http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/toutiao/201910/t20191024_202966.html . zh:中国华电集团有限公司原党组副书记、总经理云公民接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查 . CCDI . 24 October 2019 . 25 October 2019 . zh.
  6. News: Xinhua . China expels ex-general manager of State-owned power company from CPC . 7 February 2021 . Chinadaily . 30 September 2020.
  7. News: Tong Haiqing (Chinese: 佟海晴). https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/qwfb/202010/t20201013_481705.shtml . zh:最高人民检察院依法对云公民决定逮捕 . spp.gov.cn . 13 October 2020 . 7 February 2021 . zh.
  8. News: Tong Haiqing (Chinese: 佟海晴). https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/qwfb/202011/t20201127_487534.shtml . zh:吉林检察机关依法对云公民涉嫌受贿案提起公诉 . spp.gov.cn . 27 November 2020 . 7 February 2021 . zh.
  9. News: Chen Xuewan . Yang Ge . Veteran Power Industry Official Latest to Fall in Anti-Graft Campaign . 26 October 2019 . caixinglobal . 23 October 2019.
  10. News: Zhai Xiapeng (Chinese: 翟夏鹏). http://news.ifeng.com/c/7qyy6WPFN4K . zh:南方电网原董事长李庆奎被给予留党察看二年处分 . ifeng . 22 October 2019 . 26 October 2019 . zh.
  11. News: Jiang, Chenglong . Former tycoon sentenced for bribery . 10 June 2022 . Chinadaily.com . 9 June 2022.
  12. News: Tycoon sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery . 10 June 2022 . Chinadaily.com . 10 June 2022.