Li Jinzao (; born January 1958) is a former Chinese politician. As of July 2020 he was under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-graft body. Previously he served as vice-minister of Culture and Tourism of China. He was a delegate to the

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and 17th and is a delegate to the

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. He was a deputy to the 9th and 10th and is a deputy to the

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. He is a member of the 13th Standing Committee of the

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Biography

Li was born in January 1958 in

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. After the

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, he studied, then taught, at what is now

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law The Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL; ; ) is a public university located in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, and Hubei Provincial Pe ...

. In 1984 he earned a master's degree in economic from

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. After university, he was assigned to the

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. In October 1988 he received his doctor's degree in economic from the

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. In October 1988, he joined the State Planning Commission. In August 1996, he was transferred to

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, capital of

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, where he was appointed vice-mayor, party chief of Qixing District and party chief of Guilin High-Tech Development Zone. He was promoted to mayor in October 1998. In December 2001 he was promoted again to become party chief. He became vice-governor of Guangxi in September 2003, and served until January 2008. In October 2011 he was transferred to Beijing and appointed vice-minister of Commerce. In October 2014 he became chairman and party branch secretary of the

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. After the institutional reform, he served as the vice-minister of vice-minister of Culture and Tourism in March 2018.

Investigation

On July 29, 2020, he has been placed under investigation for serious violations of laws and regulations by the party's disciplinary body. The

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said in a statement on its website, without elaborating. On September 4, he has been removed from the post of vice minister of Culture and Tourism. On January 25, 2021, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from public office. On 21 October, he stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of

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on charges of taking bribes. Prosecutors accused Li of taking advantage of his different positions in both

and

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between 1996 and 2020 to seek profits for various companies and individuals in qualification approval, platform preparation, project contracting and job promotion. In return, he accepted money and property worth over 65.5 million yuan ($10.24 million). On April 26, 2022, he was eventually sentenced to a 15-year jail and fined 6 million yuan for taking bribes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Jinzao 1958 births Living people Zhongnan University of Economics and Law alumni Wuhan University alumni Chinese Academy of Social Sciences alumni Politicians from Xiantao People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference