Wei Hong is a Chinese politician who served as the Governor of Sichuan between 2013 and 2016.
14 Facts About Wei Hong
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Wei Hong resigned as governor in 2016 following a party investigation into his conduct.
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Wei Hong served in the railway force of the People's Liberation Army from November 1970 to March 1978 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1973.
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Wei Hong studied economics at the graduate school of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics from 1996 to 1998.
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Zhou, who had by then ascended to the highest echelons of power in Beijing, was said to be fond of Wei Hong, inviting him out to dinner when the latter was in Beijing.
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Wei Hong was named executive deputy governor of Sichuan province in May 2007.
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Surprisingly Wei Hong's name did not appear on the 2012 list of the provincial Standing Committee, but he held onto the post of vice governor.
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In January 2013, Wei Hong succeeded Jiang as Governor of Sichuan.
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In 2015, Wei Hong was curiously not part of the entourage of Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States; the president's important visits abroad are usually accompanied by some provincial government leaders.
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For much of December 2015, Wei Hong was observed to be absent in important provincial leadership meetings.
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On 15 January 2016, Wu Yuliang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, disclosed under heavy questioning that Wei Hong was under investigation for "breaching discipline" and that Wei was spending some time "thinking and reflecting".
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On January 22,2016, Wei Hong resigned the post of the governor of Sichuan, the second sitting provincial governor to have fallen to the axe of the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping.
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On February 4,2016, the CCDI announced Wei Hong was removed from all posts and demoted to deputy department-level.
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Wei Hong's wife, Gui Jianmei, was an official in Qingyang District, Chengdu.