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Source: Political Affairs

On August 13, the website of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision released "Mirror | Xiang Hongqiong, former director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference."

In the film, Xiang Hongqiong appears on screen to confess.

She said,My crimes have also caused serious harm to my family and have not set a good example. If my brother had asked me for help and I had stood firm and refused to help him, he would not have gone to jail. You can do whatever you want to me, but what is the point of having three people in the family go to jail? I did not act as a good elder sister, and I took advantage of my younger sister. My family is also in a miserable state under the shadow of my crimes. So, I am really deeply repentant and I really regret it. What do I need this kind of money that is unstable and can't sleep, and is only useful for the trial? I also ask the heavens how many families are so miserable and extreme.

Xiang Hongqiong's handwritten confession

On March 17, 2022, it was reported that Xiang Hongqiong was investigated; on August 25, 2022, it was reported that she was "double-opened."

Upon investigation, it was found that Xiang Hongqiong had lost her ideals and beliefs, betrayed her original aspirations and mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the Party, and deliberately resisted the organization's review; she had no organizational principles, evaded the important issues when the organization inquired, and did not explain the problems truthfully; she took advantage of the convenience formed by her power to engage in profit-making activities in violation of regulations and make huge profits; she did not perform her job duties correctly and approved the lending of funds from special fiscal accounts in violation of regulations;He was blinded by greed, lost his way in discipline and law, was willing to be "hunted", used his position to seek benefits for others, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money and property.

Xiang Hongqiong seriously violated the party's political discipline, organizational discipline, discipline on integrity and work discipline, constituted an illegal act in office and was suspected of bribery, and did not restrain, stop or know when to stop after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The nature of his violations of discipline and law is bad and the circumstances are serious, and he should be severely dealt with. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishment of the Communist Party of China", "Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China", "Administrative Punishment Law of Public Officials of the People's Republic of China", etc., after the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection studied and reported to the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee for approval, it was decided to expel Xiang Hongqiong from the party and expel him from public office by the Guizhou Provincial Supervision Commission; confiscate his illegal gains; and transfer his suspected criminal issues to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the property involved will be transferred with the case.

On September 1, 2023, the Anshun Intermediate People's Court of Guizhou Province publicly pronounced the first instance verdict on the case of Xiang Hongqiong, former director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, for taking bribes.The defendant Xiang Hongqiong was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crime of accepting bribes and fined RMB 1.5 millionThe proceeds of Xiang Hongqiong's bribery crime and its interest that were returned to the court shall be confiscated and turned over to the state treasury. Xiang Hongqiong expressed her acceptance of the verdict in court and did not appeal.

After investigation, it was found that:From October 2013 to September 2016, the defendant Xiang Hongqiong used his position as deputy secretary of the Qiannan Prefecture Party Committee and governor to help others obtain engineering projects and adjust project settlement methods, and illegally accepted property from others totaling more than RMB 32.59 million, of which more than RMB 14.87 million had not yet been actually obtained.

The Anshun Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Xiang Hongqiong's actions constituted the crime of accepting bribes, and the amount of bribes was particularly huge.Considering that some of Xiang Hongqiong's bribery was attempted, he truthfully confessed his crimes after being arrested and took the initiative to explain most of the bribery facts that the investigating authorities had not yet grasped, all the proceeds of his bribes have been seized, he voluntarily pleaded guilty and accepted punishment, and he has statutory and discretionary circumstances for lenient punishment, he shall be given a lenient punishment according to law.The court then made the above judgment.

On July 4 this year, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission published an article entitled "Practice: Be clear about politics and implement it without fail."

The article named Xiang Hongqiong, calling her a "double-dealer" and a "two-faced person".They collected and returned the money that was obtained through violations of discipline and law, and then collected it again in an attempt to avoid organizational investigations.

Public resume shows,Xiang Hongqiong was born in November 1958She worked at the Department of Plant Protection of Guizhou Agricultural College in her early years, and became the deputy director of the Department of Plant Protection of Guizhou Agricultural College in July 2000. During this period, she was promoted to associate professor in December 1999 and professor in December 2000.

In June 2002, Xiang Hongqiong left the university and was transferred to become deputy mayor of Liupanshui City. Later, he served as deputy general manager of the Personal Financial Business Department of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and deputy director of the Science and Technology and Environmental Protection Department of the China Three Gorges Project Corporation.

In June 2008, Xiang Hongqiong was transferred to the position of director and party secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Meteorological Bureau. In September 2011, he served as deputy secretary of the Qiannan Prefecture Committee of Guizhou Province, deputy governor and acting governor.In February 2012, she was appointed governor of Qiannan Prefecture.

In September 2016, Xiang Hongqiong was transferred to the post of Director and Party Secretary of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Guizhou Province.In February 2017, he was appointed as director and deputy secretary of the party group.

In January 2018, Xiang Hongqiong was transferred to the position of director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. She stepped down in January 2022 and was investigated two months later.