Tang Yijun (; born March 1961) is a Chinese politician who has been under an anti-corruption investigation by the

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and the

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since April 2024. Previously, he served as chairman of the

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Jiangxi Provincial Committee from 2023 to 2024, the 12th

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of China from 2020 to 2023, governor of

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from 2017 to 2020, and party secretary of

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from 2016 to 2017.

Career

Tang is considered native to

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, Shandong, but spent most of his life in Zhejiang. He joined the workforce in July 1977, working for communes in

Qingtian County Qingtian (), is a county located in the southeastern part of Lishui, Zhejiang, China. It is split in two by the Ou River, which flows 388 kilometers before finally reaching the city of Wenzhou and emptying into the East China Sea. The county has a ...

, Yongkang County, and Lishui County, shortly after the death of Mao. Between 1980 and 1984, shortly after economic reforms began, Tang was a clerical worker at the Lishui party school. From September 1984 to July 1986, he studied political economics in the theoretical undergraduate program of the Zhejiang Provincial Party School. He was assigned work in the theory division of publicity department of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee. In October 1985, Tang joined the Chinese Communist Party. In 1991, Tang began working for the General Office of the Zhejiang party committee under

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. In July 1997, he became secretary-general of the

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party organization. In June 2002, he was named secretary-general of the Zhejiang Commission for Discipline Inspection. From September 2003 to July 2006, he studied economics and management in the on-the-job graduate program of the Correspondence College of the

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. In June 2005, he was named deputy party chief and Discipline Inspection secretary of Ningbo. In February 2010, he became the chief of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Ningbo. In February 2011, he was named chairman of the Ningbo People's Political Consultative Conference. In May 2016, Tang became acting mayor of Ningbo. In August 2016, he became Communist Party Secretary of Ningbo and a member of the Zhejiang

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. In May 2017, Tang was named deputy party chief of Zhejiang province. He served in the role for five months before being appointed as acting governor of Liaoning in October 2017. On 29 April 2020, he was appointed

, succeeding

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. Despite being a minister, he failed to become a member of the

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after the

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in October 2022. Tang was elected as chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 14 January 2023. Succeeded by executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court He Rong, Tang was removed from the office of Minister of Justice of China on 24 February 2023.

Downfall

On 2 April 2024, Tang was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the

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

, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. The Chairman's Meeting of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC approved of a decision to expel Tang from the CPPCC National Committee on 29 April. On 29 May, he was removed as the chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the CPPCC. He was expelled from the CPPCC National Committee on 6 June. Tang was expelled from the Communist Party, dismissed from public office and removed as a delegate to the

on 7 October 2024.

References

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