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Ling Zhengce ( zh, c=令政策, p=Lìng Zhèngcè; born May 1952) is a former Chinese politician from
Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
province. From 2008 to 2014 Ling served as the vice-chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...
, and prior to that the director of Shanxi Development and Reform Commission. Alongside Ling Jihua, he was removed from office in 2014 and charged with corruption, bribery, and graft. Ling Zhengce was then sentenced to years in prison.


Biography

Born Linghu Zhengce to a
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(CCP) official's family in
Pinglu County Pinglu County () is a county in southern Shanxi province of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yuncheng and has a population of approximately 200,000 people. Pinglu is historically an agricultural county, produci ...
,
Shanxi Province Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is ( ...
, Ling and all his three siblings received names related to the CCP terminology. His own name, ''Zhengce'', means "policy". He got involved in politics in October 1968 and joined the CCP in November 1973. Ling initially worked at a hospital, and then was transferred to work as a laborer a sulfur mine. Between 1971 and 1982 Ling worked for the party organization in
Yuncheng Yuncheng () is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan (Luoyang and Jiyuan to the east, Sanmenxia to the south) and ...
, and subsequently for the party's General Office of Shanxi province. In 1984, Ling graduated from Shanxi University, majoring in
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. After graduation Ling returned to work in the General Office for the "books and literature division" (). He spent much of the next decade working for confidential document classification in the provincial government, before being promoted in 1997 to become the deputy director of provincial grain distribution. Beginning in 2000, Ling worked as a functionary for provincial planning and development. In 2004, he was appointed director of Shanxi Development and Reform Commission, a powerful government agency that had vast powers over the provincial economy. In January 2008, he was appointed the vice-chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...
. On June 19, 2014, it was announced that he would be investigated by the CCP's
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(CCDI) for "serious violations of laws and regulations". Ling Zhengce's brother Ling Jihua was expelled from the party in mid 2015 and indicted on a series of criminal charges. On August 21, 2015, following the CCDI investigation, Ling Zhengce was also expelled from the CCP. In its official announcement, the CCDI accused Ling of taking bribes to obtain promotions and business interests for others, and for using his office to seek gain for his relatives. He was also accused of obstructing the investigation. Like his brother, Ling Zhengce was also accused of "violating political rules." He was rumoured to be a member of the mysterious Xishan Society. On December 16, 2016, Ling was sentenced for years in prison in Changzhou Intermediate Court, for taking either directly or indirectly 16 million yuan ($2.67 million) in bribes from 2001 to 2014.


Personal life

Ling hails from the Ling family of Pinglu County, Shanxi. He has three brothers and one sister. His brother, Ling Jihua was also removed from office and sentenced to life in prison in 2014. Ling Jihua was one of the top aides to former Communist Party general secretary
Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the president of China from 2003 to 2013, and chairman of the Central Military Comm ...
and served as the vice-chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the head of the
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before he was tried for corruption, abuse of power, and bribery and then given a life sentence in prison. His youngest brother, Ling Wancheng, a golf enthusiast and businessman, reportedly fled to the United States.


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