[The Epoch Times, March 1, 2022]On the eve of the two sessions of the Communist Party of China, high-level personnel changes frequently. A few days ago, Li Jiheng, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Communist Party of China, was dismissed and transferred to the National People’s Congress. Some analysts believe that in recent years, many officials who have left office or retired for many years may not land safely and will still be investigated.
On February 28, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China approved: Ren Li Jiheng as the deputy chairman of the Agricultural and Rural Committee of the National People’s Congress. At the same time, Li Jiheng was removed from the post of Minister of Civil Affairs, and Tang Dengjie took over as Minister of Civil Affairs.
Li Jiheng, who left office, is 65 years old this year and has held important positions in Guangxi, Yunnan and Inner Mongolia.
Hong Kong’s “Ming Pao” commentary on March 1 stated that Li Jiheng, who left office, is currently taking a back seat. As the National People’s Congress is facing a comprehensive re-election next year, it remains to be seen whether he can continue to be re-elected.
When Li Jiheng was the deputy secretary of Guangxi, his immediate boss was Liu Qibao, then secretary of Guangxi; in 2006, Li Ping was transferred to the deputy secretary of Yunnan, and five years later he was promoted to the governor of Yunnan, during which his two secretaries Bai Enpei and Qin Guangrong were dismissed; Li Jiheng 2014 He succeeded Qin and was promoted to the secretary of Yunnan; in August 2016, he served across provinces again and was transferred to be the secretary of Inner Mongolia; but he took over as the minister of civil affairs of the Communist Party of China within 3 years.
The article argues that, although it is a peaceful one, the official career from the top officials of the frontier to the general ministries and commissions of the State Council is obviously bleak.
Not long after Li Jiheng was transferred to Inner Mongolia, Zhao Zhuangtian, his secretary who had followed him since Guangxi, was under investigation. In 2001, Li Jiheng served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi Party Committee and secretary of the Nanning Municipal Party Committee, and Zhao served as the deputy secretary-general of the Nanning Municipal Party Committee. In 2006, Li Jiheng was transferred to Deputy Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, and Zhao was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee. In August 2016, after Li Jiheng went to Inner Mongolia, Zhao Ye was transferred to be the Deputy Secretary-General of the Party Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The article mentioned that what is strange is that Zhao Zhuangtian was quietly transferred back to Yunnan a few months later and continued to serve as the deputy secretary-general of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee. He was investigated in June 2017. Since then, unfavorable rumors have spread from time to time.
At that time, Hong Kong media reported that Zhao Zhuangtian was “returned” to Yunnan to take up his original position after only three months of working in Inner Mongolia. A senior official from Yunnan Province said at the meeting that Zhao Zhuangtian came back to be investigated, “to save face for the old leaders.”
The Ming Pao article concluded that the current spearhead of the CCP’s anti-corruption campaign is not only targeting current front-line officials, but many officials who have retired to the second-tier or retired for many years will still be identified. In October last year, Fu Zhenghua, the former justice minister who had been transferred to the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference as the deputy director of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee for one and a half years, was sacked due to corruption and failed to land safely.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Communist Party of China is the hardest hit by corruption. Since 2016, Li Liguo, former minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Communist Party of China, Dou Yupei, deputy minister, Qu Shuhui, head of the discipline inspection team, Bao Xuequan, former director of the Welfare Lottery Center, former deputy director, Wang Yunge, former chairman of Beijing “Lottery Online”, former director of the Welfare Lottery Center, China Chen Chuanshu, the former president of the Aging Association, and others have been sacked.
In addition, during his tenure in Yunnan, Li Jiheng and several Yunnan officials actively followed the Jiang Zemin group of the CCP to persecute Falun Gong and acted as a political thug. He was listed on the list of villains by the overseas Minghui website.
Responsible editor: Xu Menger