The phenomenon of large-scale corruption continues in Guizhou, as two officials from the provincial capital Guiyang were simultaneously reported to have been investigated while in office.
According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission of China on Saturday (January 24), Nie Xuesong, Secretary of the Leading Party Group and Director of the Standing Committee of the Guiyang Municipal People's Congress, as well as Yang Renzhong, Vice Chairman of the Guiyang Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Guizhou Shuanglong Airport Economic Zone, are suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and are currently under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Guizhou Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission.
Public information shows that Nie Xuesong, 59, has held positions including Member of the Standing Committee and Secretary General of the Guiyang Municipal Committee, Secretary of the Leading Party Group and Director of the Guizhou Provincial Administrative Affairs Management Bureau. Since January 2022, he has served as Secretary of the Leading Party Group and Director of the Standing Committee of Guiyang Municipal People's Congress, until this investigation.
Yang Renzhong, 55, has served as Vice Chairman of the Guiyang CPPCC and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Guizhou Shuanglong Airport Economic Zone since January last year. According to The Paper, his investigation was announced the day after the Guiyang CPPCC held a democratic life meeting and reported on the rectification and implementation of the Central Eight-Point Regulations education.
At the end of last September, after a Central Inspection Team completed its inspection, Guiyang Deputy Party Secretary Huang Bo was investigated while in office. Before Huang, after the Central Inspection Team had been stationed for one and a half months, Guizhou Provincial CPPCC Vice Chairman Tang Dezhi was also reported to have been investigated on August 29. Tang Dezhi became the seventh centrally managed official in Guizhou to fall since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
The official WeChat account of the Guizhou Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission announced on January 22 that in 2025, "tiger hunting" efforts will be further intensified. In addition to Tang Dezhi and Wu Shenghua, Member of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Bijie Municipal Party Committee, who have been investigated by the Central Committee, another 59 provincial-level officials have been officially reported to have fallen.