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chongqing official was investigated for privately reading foreign books and periodicals with serious political issues

2024-09-20

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the chongqing municipal commission for discipline inspection and supervision announced on the 20th: recently, with the approval of the chongqing municipal party committee, the chongqing municipal commission for discipline inspection and supervision initiated an investigation into the serious violations of discipline and law by cheng zhiyi, former director of the human resources, environment and construction committee of the chongqing municipal committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference.

the notice pointed out that cheng zhiyi had lost his ideals and beliefs, betrayed his original aspiration and mission, privately read foreign books and periodicals with serious political problems, made friends with political scammers, and resisted organizational review; he ignored the spirit of the central committee's eight regulations and entered and exited private clubs in violation of regulations; he violated organizational principles, failed to report personal matters in accordance with regulations, did not truthfully explain the problems when the organization inquired, interceded and accepted property in the selection and appointment of cadres; he lost his integrity, accepted gifts and money in violation of regulations, accepted travel arrangements in violation of regulations many times, borrowed housing for those he managed and served, used the influence of his position to embezzle public property that was not managed by him, used his power to make profits for others and his spouse accepted property; he ignored the interests of the masses; he did not attach importance to family building, and failed to manage and educate his spouse; he alienated the public power granted by the party and the people into a tool for personal gain, collected money and wealth on a large scale, used the convenience of his position and the convenient conditions formed by his power or status to make profits for others in project contracting, business operations, job adjustments, etc., and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.

after research and approval by the standing committee of the chongqing municipal commission for discipline inspection and reported to the chongqing municipal party committee, it was decided to expel cheng zhiyi from the party; the chongqing municipal supervision commission will expel him from public office; confiscate his illegal gains; and transfer his suspected criminal case to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the relevant property will be transferred together.

public information shows that cheng zhiyi was born in february 1963 in southern sichuan. he worked in the chongqing municipal construction committee in his early years. in 2001, he served as deputy director and member of the party leadership group of the chongqing municipal construction committee. in april 2006, he served as deputy secretary-general of the chongqing municipal government (at the level of director-general). in january 2008, he served as director and secretary of the party leadership group of the chongqing municipal construction committee. after the institutional reform, he continued to serve as director and secretary of the party leadership group of the chongqing municipal urban construction committee.

in july 2016, cheng zhiyi was appointed as the secretary of the jiangjin district committee. he stepped down in august 2021 and later served as the director of the population, resources and environment construction committee of the chongqing cppcc. he was investigated in february 2024.

shangguanhui noted that in addition to cheng zhiyi, the notice also pointed out that zhang zulin, former member of the party leadership group and vice governor of yunnan provincial government, was also found guilty of "privately reading foreign books and periodicals with serious political problems". on september 12, according to the central commission for discipline inspection and the national supervisory commission, with the approval of the cpc central committee, the central commission for discipline inspection and the national supervisory commission filed a case against zhang zulin, former member of the party leadership group and vice governor of yunnan provincial government, for serious violations of discipline and law, and zhang zulin was expelled from the party.

in addition, this year, several officials who were dismissed had read books with serious political problems.