Tian Xueren (born October 1947) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in

Northeast China Northeast China () is a geographical region of China, consisting officially of three provinces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain, the largest plain in China with an area of over . The regi ...

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province. He was investigated by the

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 ...

's anti-graft agency in July 2012. He served as

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

and President of Jilin Bank from 2007 to 2012, and Executive Vice Governor of Jilin between 2004 and 2008.

Life and career

Tian was born and raised in

Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County (; Manchu: ; Möllendorff: ''kuwandiyan manju beye dasangga siyan''), is a county of eastern Liaoning province, China, bordering North Korea to the southeast and Jilin in the northeast. It is under the administra ...

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. He graduated from

Northeast Normal University Northeast Normal University (NENU; ) is a public normal university in Changchun, Jilin, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Jilin Provincial People's Government. The unive ...

and

Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences () was a public graduate school headquartered in Beijing, China. It was affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The school was reconstructed to form the University of Chine ...

. He began his political career in October 1958, and joined the

in October 1971. He served as Deputy Head of Jilin Provincial Civil Affairs in 1985, and six years later promoted to the head position. In March 1994 he was promoted to become Deputy Communist Party Secretary of

Changchun Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin, Jilin Province, China, on the Songliao Plain. Changchun is administered as a , comprising seven districts, one county and three county-level cities. At the 2020 census of China, Changchun ha ...

, capital of Jilin province, a position he held until 1997. Then he became the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jilin city, rising to Communist Party Secretary the next year. In January 2001 he served as Communist Party Secretary of

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture The Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in the east of Jilin, Jilin Province, China. Yanbian is bordered to the north by Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang Province, to the west by Jilin's Baishan, Baishan City and Jilin Ci ...

, at the same time as holding the post of a Standing Committee of CCP Jilin Provincial Committee. In May 2007, he was appointed Executive Vice Governor of Jilin, he remained in that position until January 2008, when he was appointed Communist Party Secretary and President of Jilin Bank.

Downfall

On November 5, 2011, he was suspected of "serious violations of discipline", said one-sentence statement issued by the ruling Communist Party's corruption watchdog body, the

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(CCDI). In July 2012, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from office. On July 6, 2012, he was arrested by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. On November 1, 2013, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking over 19.19 million yuan in bribes, and all his personal property was confiscated. In July 2018, his sentence was commuted from life to 22 years.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tian, Xueren 1947 births Northeast Normal University alumni Living people Chinese Academy of Social Sciences alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning Politicians from Dandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning Political office-holders in Jilin