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February 27, 2017 Category One-line news, Weekly
- Yang Dongliang, former Director of the State Administration of Work Safety and former Vice Mayor of Tianjin, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after his conviction on bribery and embezzlement charges by a Beijing court. He was also fined CNY2 million and ordered to return his illegal gains. Yang, 63, took bribes of about CNY28.5 million between 2002 and 2015.
- The National People’s Congress (NPC) has appointed He Lifeng, 62, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), while Zhong Shan was named Minister of Commerce, and Zhang Jun, Minister of Justice. Shandong Governor Guo Shuqing will head the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). More than 90 officials have taken up new high-level government posts in the last two months.
- Former Vice Mayor of Shanghai Ai Baojun stood trial on charges of corruption at a court in the city of Zhangzhou in Fujian province. Ai stands accused of accepting bribes worth more than CNY43.2 million either personally or through his family and embezzling public assets worth more than CNY7.5 million. The verdict will be announced at a later date.
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