Jing Chunhua is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in Hebei province.
15 Facts About Jing Chunhua
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Jing Chunhua was investigated in March 2015 by the Communist Party's anti-graft agency, suspected of corruption.
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Jing Chunhua began work in 1973 as a labourer in a mine and a team leader of the youth group.
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Jing Chunhua earned a diploma part-time at Hebei Broadcasting and Television College in Chinese language.
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Jing Chunhua was then made deputy CYL Secretary in Hebei province while studying economics at the Central Party School.
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Jing Chunhua again took up part-time studies, this time studying global economics at Hebei University.
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Jing Chunhua served until 2006, during which time he attended Tianjin University to engage in further studies in "management science and engineering".
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Jing Chunhua finally earned a full-fledged executive position as head of the party in Hengshui in July 2006, at age 50.
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Jing Chunhua took part in democratic life meetings of the provincial party leadership.
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Jing Chunhua said he "did not pay enough attention to detail," and did not "uphold democratic centralism" because he didn't speak too often during standing committee meetings.
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In September 2013, Jing Chunhua attended a democratic life meeting presided over by Xi Jinping himself, during which Jing Chunhua said he had become "too pretentious and too prideful" over the years and often forgot that he was still a civil servant.
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On March 3,2015, prior the opening of the annual "two sessions" conference in Beijing, state media announced Jing Chunhua was undergoing investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
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Jing Chunhua was the second official of provincial-level rank from Hebei province to fall from grace in Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive, after provincial party organization chief Liang Bin, who was detained in 2014.
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On May 8,2015, at the conclusion of the investigation by the CCDI, Jing Chunhua was expelled from the Communist Party.
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On December 23,2016, Jing Chunhua was sentenced to 18 years in prison.