Zhang Wenxiong

Zhang Wenxiong (Chinese: 张文雄; born 4 April 1962) is a former Chinese politician, and head of Publicity Department of CPC Hunan Provincial Committee. He was dismissed from his position in November 2016 for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Zhang Wenxiong
张文雄
Head of Publicity Department of CPC Hunan Provincial Committee
In office
August 2015  November 2016
Preceded byXu Yousheng
Succeeded byCai Zhenhong
Secretary of the Working Committee of "Two Oriented Society" in Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan
In office
December 2011  August 2015
Preceded byChen Zhaoxiong
Succeeded byLin Wu
Communist Party Secretary of Hengyang
In office
March 2008  March 2013
Preceded byXu Minghua
Succeeded byTong Mingqian
Director of the General Office of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee
In office
April 2007  March 2008
Preceded byYu Laishan
Succeeded byYang Taibo
Communist Party Secretary of Huaihua
In office
March 2006  April 2007
Preceded byOuyang Bin
Succeeded byLiu Lianyu
Personal details
Born (1962-04-04) April 4, 1962
Yueyang, Hunan
Political partyCommunist Party of China (1984–2017; expelled)
SpouseTu Aifang
Alma materHunan Institute of Science and Technology
Hunan Normal University
Central South University
Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Career

Zhang Wenxiong was born in Yueyang, Hunan on 4 April 1962, and he was entered to Hunan Institute of Science and Technology in 1980 and graduated in 1982. Then he became the officer in Yueyang Education Bureau. From 1985 to 1994, he served in Yueyang County Party Committee. In 1994, he transferred to Office of Hunan Party Committee until 2001. In 2006 he became the CPC Secretary of Huaihua, and transferred to Hengyang in 2011.[1] In 2011, he was elected as Member of CPC Provincial Standing Committee of Hunan. Zhang became the head of Hunan Provincial Party Propaganda Department in August 2015.[2]

Downfall

On November 8, 2016, Chen Shulong was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations".[3] Zhang was expelled from the Communist Party on February 27, 2017.[4]

On August 16, 2018, Zhang was sentenced to 15 years in prison for taking bribes worth 23.35 million yuan and unidentified 51.58 million yuan property in Guilin People's Intermediate Court.[5]

Personal life

Zhang married Tu Aifang (涂爱芳), a businesswoman who accompanied him from Huaihua to Hengyang and used Zhang's power to undertake projects all the way.[6] In Zhang's hometown of Yueyang, a company without sand mining qualification in which Tu held a stake had a sand mining sales amount of nearly 1 billion yuan ($156 million) in nine months, while Tu and her partners had a total profit of more than 300 million yuan ($46.8 million).[6]

References

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