34 Facts About Liu Tienan

Liu Tienan is a former Chinese politician and senior economic official.

Liu Tienan served as the Director of the National Energy Administration between 2011 and 2013, the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission from 2008 to 2011, and deputy director of the Revitalizing Old Industrial Bases in Northeast China Special Working Group between 2006 and 2008.

In 2013, Liu was investigated and dismissed for corruption-related offenses.

In December 2014, Liu Tienan was convicted on charges of bribery, and sentenced to life in prison.

Liu Tienan was born in Beijing in October 1954, with his ancestral home in Qi County, Shanxi.

Liu Tienan graduated from Beijing University of Science and Technology and Northeastern University.

Liu Tienan worked at the Chinese foreign mission to Japan as an economic liaison officer between 1996 and 1999.

Liu Tienan reportedly began a romantic relationship with Xu soon after.

In 2003, Liu Tienan met with Ni during the re-structuring of the latter's paper products company.

Once Liu Tienan Decheng reached the age of majority and began studying in Canada, he took over his mother's shares in CGR in December 2005.

In 1999, Liu Tienan was appointed as the vice-chairman of State Development Planning Commission, an agency that oversaw regulations for some state-owned enterprises.

The National Development and Reform Commission was founded in 2003 and took over some of the responsibilities of the Planning Commission, and Liu Tienan became a director of its Industry Department, as well as a senior official in the special working group on revitalizing the economy of Northeastern China.

At year-end review meetings in 2005, Liu Tienan allegedly said that he would decline banquet invitations from anyone below the level of a provincial governor.

Liu Tienan was critical of the policies of his then-superior Zhang Guobao.

In March 2008, Liu Tienan was appointed as the vice-chairman of National Development and Reform Commission.

In December 2010, Liu Tienan was appointed as the Chairman of National Energy Administration, a body under the NDRC that oversees energy affairs in China.

In September 2011, Liu Tienan gained a seat on the powerful National Energy Commission, a supra-ministerial energy coordination body that was chaired by the Premier.

Liu Tienan's alleged haughty behavior alienated many officials in the department.

In May 2012, many senior retired officials signed a joint letter to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China's top anti-corruption body, to report Liu Tienan's alleged corrupt behaviors.

At the time the story broke, Liu Tienan was on a trip to Russia participating at a Sino-Russian energy conference with Vice-Premier Wang Qishan.

Liu Tienan issued a vehement denial of the allegations, calling them "lies and slander", and vowed to take legal action.

Liu Tienan was denied a seat on the Communist Party's Central Committee, as well as a seat on the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a largely ceremonial legislative consultation body.

Liu Tienan's son was detained by the authorities in January 2013.

On May 14,2013, Liu Tienan was dismissed from his position as vice-chairman of the NDRC.

Liu Tienan's trial began in September 2014 at the Langfang Intermediate People's Court in Langfang, Hebei, a municipality situated near Beijing.

The prosecution alleged that Liu Tienan received bribes and kickbacks for furthering the interests of numerous companies between 2002 and 2012.

Liu Tienan was said to have accepted the equivalent of about 35.6 million yuan together with his son, Decheng, in return for favours to business people acquainted with him.

The prosecution alleged that Liu Tienan received in bribes a Nissan Teana, renovations to his Muxidi apartment, as well as a suburban Beijing villa and a Porsche for his son.

Liu Tienan said he had been taking sleeping pills, having been unable to rest due to the guilt over his having ruined his son's future.

Liu Tienan issued apologies to his parents and his wife.

Liu Tienan said that he should be used as a "counter example" of what not to do as a high official.

Liu Tienan married Guo Jinghua, their son, Liu Tienan Decheng, was born in 1985.

At the age of 18, Liu Tienan Decheng began to study in Canada.

In 1996, Liu Tienan met his future mistress, a woman surnamed Xu, in Japan; Xu subsequently emigrated to Canada, but their romantic relationship continued.