Cao Yong

Cao Yong

Cao Yong, male, Han nationality, was born in February 1965 in Shucheng, Anhui Province. He started work in July 1985 and joined the Communist Party of China in November 1995. He has a master's degree in business administration, an economist and a part-time professor in Anhui University.

He was Secretary of the Party group and director of the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province.

Biography of characters

From September 1982 to July 1985, he majored in Chinese language and literature in the Chinese Department of Anhui Lu'an Teachers College (now Wanxi University). After graduation, he successively served as the teacher, secretary, deputy director, director, assistant director and director of Dongfeng Machinery Factory; from April 1999 to February 2000, he served as the deputy director of Dongfeng Machinery Factory; from August 1997 to December 1999, he participated in the correspondence course of the Central Party school From February 2000 to February 2002, he served as the executive deputy director of Dongfeng Machinery General Factory (presided over the work since January 2001);; from February 2002 to February 2003, he served as the deputy mayor of Huaibei municipal government (concurrently as the director of the Municipal Economic and Trade Commission in April 2002);; from February 2003, he served as the Deputy Secretary of the Party group and vice mayor of Huaibei municipal government (from September 2000 to July 2003, he joined the Party School of the provincial Party committee) From July 2004 to August 2004, he served as member of the Standing Committee and deputy mayor of Huaibei municipal Party committee; from August 2004 to September 2005, he served as member of the Standing Committee and Secretary General of Huaibei municipal Party committee; from September 2005 to April 2008, he served as deputy secretary general and member of the Party group of the general office of Anhui provincial government; from April 2008 to June 2008, he served as Deputy Secretary of Huainan Municipal Party committee, deputy mayor, acting mayor and member of the Party group From June 2008 to February 2013, he served as Deputy Secretary of Huainan Municipal Party committee, mayor of Huainan Municipal government and Secretary of the Party group. (from December 2010 to June 2012, studying in Wuhan University, majoring in senior MBA); from March 2013 to December 2014, he served as secretary of the Party group and director of the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province. member of the ninth Anhui provincial Party committee and deputy to the 12th National People's Congress.

Character events

Disciplinary investigation

On November 21, 2014, according to the Anhui Provincial Discipline Inspection and supervision network, Cao Yong, Secretary of the Party group and director of the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and was under investigation.

Removal from office

On December 17, 2014, the 16th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th people's Congress of Anhui Province held the second plenary meeting. The meeting voted on the personnel appointment and removal proposal and decided to remove Cao Yong from the post of director of the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province.

Case investigation

On May 5, 2015, under the jurisdiction designated by Anhui Provincial People's Procuratorate, Chuzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate decided to file a case against Cao Yong, former Secretary of the Party group and director of Anhui Provincial Department of Commerce (department level) for suspected abuse of power and bribery. The investigation of the case is in progress.

Arrest according to law

On May 22, 2015, Anhui Provincial procuratorate decided to arrest Cao Yong on suspicion of abuse of power and bribery. According to the investigation, during his tenure as mayor of Huainan City from 2009 to 2012, Cao Yong abused his power, resulting in serious loss of state-owned assets and bad social impact; he took advantage of his position to accept other people's property with his wife and seek profits for others.

Expulsion from the party

On July 23, 2015, the 13th plenary session of the ninth Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China deliberated and passed the review report of Anhui Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection on Cao Yong's serious violation of discipline and the decision of the 13th plenary session of the ninth Anhui Provincial Committee on the punishment of expelling Cao Yong from the party. on July 24, 2015, with the approval of Anhui provincial Party committee, Anhui Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China put Cao Yong, former Secretary of the Party group and director of the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province, on file to review the serious violation of discipline. according to the investigation, Cao Yong took advantage of his position to seek profits for his relatives' business activities and to obtain huge profits; he took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others and accepted huge bribes. Cao Yong's above-mentioned behavior has seriously violated the law and discipline, and his suspected crime has been transferred to the judicial organs for handling. According to the regulations on disciplinary action of the Communist Party of China and the regulations on disciplinary action of civil servants in administrative organs, the Anhui provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China decided to expel Cao Yong from the party after deliberation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and approval by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; the Anhui Provincial Department of supervision decided to expel Cao Yong from public office after study and approval by the Anhui Provincial People's government.

Hearing

On June 21, 2016, the case of Cao Yong, former director of Anhui Provincial Department of Commerce, suspected of bribery and abuse of power was heard in Chuzhou intermediate court. Cao Yong was accused of taking bribes of more than 21.47 million yuan to seek benefits for others while he was mayor of Huainan City. He also abused his power and agreed to return more than 1.7 billion yuan of land transfer fees in violation of regulations, resulting in more than 1.5 billion yuan has not been recovered so far. in view of the importance of the case, the court will sentence it on a selective basis.

Public sentencing

On the afternoon of December 30, 2016, the intermediate people's Court of Chuzhou City, Anhui Province, made a public judgment on the case of bribery and abuse of power by Cao Yong, former director of the Department of Commerce of Anhui Province. Cao Yong was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison and fined 2.6 million yuan for bribery and abuse of power.