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Cheng Kejie (; 13 November 1933 – 14 September 2000) was a Chinese government official who was executed for
bribery Bribery is the Offer and acceptance, offering, Gift, giving, Offer and acceptance, receiving, or Solicitation, soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty. With reg ...
."Cheng Kejie Sentenced to Death for Bribery"
''People's Daily''. 31 July 2000. Accessed 24 March 2013. Cheng was born in Guangxi, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1954, rising to become governor of Guangxi region and vice-chairman of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPCSC) is the permanent body of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is the highest organ of state po ...
. Cheng was involved with Li Ping, (described as his mistress) and was convicted of corruption along with her. It is alleged that the two spent the money gained from corruption for gambling in Macau. Li was sentenced to life imprisonment. K. Thomas Liaw estimates that 95 percent of China's convicted corrupt officials had mistresses. According to Liaw, Cheng and Li had decided to divorce their respective spouses and get married and that Cheng had taken a bribe of
Renminbi The renminbi (; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's most traded currencies, ranking as the fifth most traded currency in the world as of April 2022. ...
40 million to fund their marriage. Cheng Kejie is the only party and state leader in the history of the People's Republic of China who has been executed by the judicial authorities so far.BBC News Asia-Pacific. 9 August 2000.
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Zheng Xiaoyu Zheng Xiaoyu (; December 10, 1944July 10, 2007) was the director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2005. He was sentenced to death for corruption and allowing possibly tainted products in Ma ...


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