Shang Liguang (; born November 1963) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in

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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. He entered the workforce in September 1981, and joined the

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(CCP) in June 1984. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in September 2023. Previously he served as Specifically designated Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi. He was a representative of the 19th and

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Early life and education

Shang was born in

Julu County Julu () is a county of Xingtai City, in the south of Hebei province, China. Prior to the Sui dynasty The Sui dynasty ( ) was a short-lived Dynasties of China, Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. The re-unification of China ...

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, in November 1963.

Career

After graduating from Xingtai Finance and Trade School in 1981, he was assigned as a statistician at the Bureau of Statistics of

Pingxiang County Pingxiang County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xingtai, in the south of Hebei province, China, located about from downtown Xingtai. It has a population of 280,000 residing in an area of . In the Han dynas ...

, and rose to deputy director in March 1984. He was transferred to Xingtai Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection in October 1987, and three years later was transferred again to Hebei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. He moved up the ranks to become secretary-general in October 2003 and executive deputy party secretary in November 2010. In March 2013, he was named acting mayor of

Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao (; zh, s=秦皇岛, link=no) is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei. It is administratively a prefecture-level city, about east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. Its population d ...

, confirmed in the following month. He was chosen as

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, the top political position in the city, in September 2014. In November 2016, he was appointed secretary-general and was also admitted to member of the CCP Hebei Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He was made secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission in June 2017, in addition to serving as Specifically designated Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi since October 2021.

Downfall

On 5 September 2023, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the

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(CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the

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, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. On 24 February 2024, Shang expelled from the CCP and removed from public office. On March 20, the

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signed an arrest order for Shang for taking bribes. In July, his trial was held at the Intermediate People's Court of

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province. On December 27, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes. He was deprived of political rights for life and all his properties were also confiscated.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shang, Liguang 1963 births Living people People from Xingtai Inner Mongolia Normal University alumni Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni Nanyang Technological University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei