Lu Wucheng (; born May 1953) is a former Chinese official who spent most of his career in

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

province. He was the vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress and Communist Party Secretary of

Lanzhou Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. His ...

. Lu also was the member of 12th

National People's Congress The National People's Congress (NPC) is the highest organ of state power of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The NPC is the only branch of government in China, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs from the Sta ...

. On January 23, 2015, Lu Wucheng was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. He was the first high-ranking politician being examined from Gansu province after the 18th Party Congress in 2012.

Career

Lu Wucheng was born and raised in

Qingcheng County Qingcheng County () is a county in the east of Gansu province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qingyang. History The history of Qingcheng dates back to prehistoric settlements 200,000 years ago. And written ...

. He joined

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

in 1974. He was the student of Lanzhou Public Security School () and the policeman of Lanzhou Public Security Bureau. In 1996, Lu went to

Jinchang Jinchang ( zh, c= , p=Jīnchāng) is a prefecture-level city in the centre of Gansu province, People's Republic of China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north. As of the 2020 Chinese census, its population was 438,026 inhabitants, of which 260,3 ...

, became the vice Communist Party Secretary and mayor. In July 2008, Lu Wucheng become Communist Party Secretary of

. On January 29, 2013, he became the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress. On January 23, 2015, Lu Wencheng was placed under investigation by the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCDI is elected and supervised by the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP National Congress. ...

for "serious violations of laws and regulations". Lu was expelled from the Communist Party on May 15. On November 17, 2016, Lu was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison for bribery.

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