On May 22, according to the information of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Sun Zhigang, former vice chairman of the Finance and Economic Committee of the 13th National People's Congress and former secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, was suspected of taking bribes. The investigation was concluded by the State Supervision Commission, and designated by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the second branch of the Tianjin People's Procuratorate reviewed and prosecuted the case. Recently, the Second Branch of the Tianjin Municipal People's Procuratorate has filed a public prosecution with the Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court.
Red Star News noticed that on May 20, just two days ago, the leading group of Guizhou Province held a meeting to hear the progress report of Sun Zhigang's work of promoting reform with cases for serious violations of discipline and laws.
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Served as the "top leader" of Guizhou for more than three years
The Supreme People's Procuratorate reported that the procuratorial organ informed the defendant Sun Zhigang of his litigation rights in accordance with the law during the stage of review and prosecution, interrogated the defendant Sun Zhigang and listened to the opinions of the defender. The prosecution alleges that the defendant Sun Zhigang used to serve as a member and secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, a member and deputy governor of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee, a member and deputy director of the Party Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission, a deputy secretary and governor of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, a secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, and a director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Guizhou Province, The vice chairmen of the Finance and Economic Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress and other conveniences in their positions, as well as the conveniences formed by their powers and positions, seek benefits for others, and illegally accept other people's property, which is especially huge, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law as a crime of bribery.
▲ Sun Zhigang (picture source: Xinhuanet) According to the resume of Sun Zhigang previously published on the website of the People's Government of Guizhou Province and other websites, Sun Zhigang was born in May 1954 in Xingyang, Henan Province. He started working in February 1971 and joined the Party in September 1976. He has a graduate degree and a doctor's degree in economics. In 1973, Sun Zhigang entered the Metallurgy Department of Wuhan Iron and Steel Institute to study steelmaking. After graduation in 1976, he stayed in the school as a teacher. In 1980, Sun Zhigang studied for a master's degree in industrial economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. After graduation in September 1983, he worked in the Institute of Economics of Central South University of Finance and Economics.
In April 1985, Sun Zhigang left the university and served as the deputy director of the Economic Commission of Wuhan City, Hubei Province. In November 1986, he served as the deputy director of the Economic Commission of Wuhan City, Hubei Province. In February 1987, he served as the deputy director of the Planning Commission of Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Since September 1992, Sun Zhigang has successively served as Deputy Secretary, Acting Chief and District Chief of Hanyang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, Deputy Mayor of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Yichang Municipal Committee, Mayor, Secretary of the CPC Yichang Municipal Committee, Director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, Secretary General, Secretary of the Working Committee of the Provincial Organs, etc.
In September 2006, Sun Zhigang left Hubei Province, where he had lived and worked for many years, and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee and a standing vice governor of Anhui Province. In December 2010, Sun Zhigang left Anhui and took up the post of Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission and Director of the Health Care Reform Office of the State Council in Beijing. Since March 2013, he has served as Deputy Director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission and Director of the Health Reform Office of the State Council (at the ministerial level).
In October 2015, Sun Zhigang came to Guizhou and served as Deputy Secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, Deputy Governor, Acting Governor, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the provincial government, etc; In January 2016, he served as Deputy Secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, Governor of Guizhou Province, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of Guizhou Provincial Government, etc; In July 2017, he served as Secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, Governor of Guizhou Province, and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of Guizhou Provincial Government; In September 2017, he stepped down as governor of Guizhou Province and secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the provincial government. In November 2020, he stepped down as secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee. So far, Sun Zhigang has served as the "top leader" in Guizhou Province for more than three years.
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"Deregulation of spouse and children"
After leaving his post as Secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, Sun Zhigang continued to serve as Director of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress and Vice Chairman of the Finance and Economic Committee of the 13th National People's Congress. In January 2021, Sun Zhigang resigned as Director of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress. Sun Zhigang is no longer included in the list of employees of the Finance and Economic Committee of the 14th National People's Congress released last March. On August 28 last year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission released news that Sun Zhigang was suspected of serious violations of discipline and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission.
In February this year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Commission released the news that Sun Zhigang was expelled from the Party, saying that after investigation, Sun Zhigang lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original mission, violated the political principle of "two safeguards", failed to implement the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, followed the principle of "seven haves", engaged in cronyism, and failed to fulfill the main responsibility of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, Engaging in unorganized activities in the cadre inspection and confronting the organizational review; Ignoring the spirit of the eight point central regulations, occupying more housing in violation of regulations, seeking special treatment in terms of living security, accepting banquets and travel arrangements that may affect the fair performance of official duties; Violating organizational principles, failing to truthfully report personal matters, and failing to truthfully explain problems when organizing correspondence; The bottom line of integrity has been breached, gifts and cash gifts have been received in violation of regulations, large returns have been obtained through private lending, and the influence of their positions has been used to help their sub businesses; Intervention and intervention in judicial activities; Pay no attention to family style construction, and lose control and education of spouses and children; Alienate the public power given by the Party and the people into a tool for personal gain, collect money and wealth wantonly, make use of his position to make profits for others in project contracting, share subscription and other aspects, and illegally accept huge amounts of property.
Guizhou held a meeting two days ago
Emphasize to resolutely and thoroughly eliminate Sun Zhigang's pernicious influence
It is worth noting that on May 20, two days before Sun Zhigang was announced to be prosecuted, the leading group of Guizhou Province for promoting the reform of Sun Zhigang's serious violations of discipline and laws held a meeting to hear the progress report of Sun Zhigang's case.
According to the report of the Supervision Committee of Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the meeting stressed that we should focus on the Sun Zhigang case to promote reform, continue to purify the political ecology of the province, and unswervingly promote the comprehensive and in-depth development of strict party governance. We should take the Sun Zhigang case as an important task of Party discipline learning and education, carry out solid warning education, guide Party members and cadres to learn lessons, consciously learn, know, understand and abide by discipline, strengthen political determination, discipline determination, moral determination and anti-corruption determination, and always be loyal, clean and responsible. We should focus on the key and difficult points and focus on the rectification, focus on the prominent problems exposed in the case, take more targeted and pragmatic measures, adhere to the list and project promotion, make rectification one by one, and resolutely and thoroughly eliminate Sun Zhigang's pernicious influence. We should focus on rectification by drawing inferences from one instance, comprehensively examine and analyze the weak links in comprehensively strict governance of the Party, plug the loopholes in the system, pay close attention to the implementation of the system, promote the transformation from case clearance and key punishment to systematic improvement and improvement of global governance, constantly improve the ability and level of promoting "three non corruption" in an integrated way, and resolutely win the long battle of anti-corruption.
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