Wei Pengyuan, from Liaoning province Huludao city, was a former Chinese politician who was sentenced to death in 2016 for corruption, bribery, and hoarding more than 200 million yuan in cash.
17 Facts About Wei Pengyuan
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In total, Wei Pengyuan accumulated 300 million yuan in embezzled funds.
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Wei Pengyuan graduated from Fuxin Mining Institute, now Liaoning Technical University.
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Wei Pengyuan worked for the Coal Department of the National Development and Reform Commission for a long time.
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In 2008, the National Energy Administration of the NDRC was established, and Wei Pengyuan became deputy director of the Coal Department in the NEA.
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At the NEA, Wei Pengyuan's responsibilities included coal mining project approval, contracting, and infrastructure.
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In September 2011, Wei Pengyuan publicly announced that joint ventures between coal and energy would be encouraged and would be a long-term policy.
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In May 2014, Wei Pengyuan was put under investigation for corruption.
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Wei Pengyuan had bought several apartments and flats to store the piles of cash.
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Wei Pengyuan admitted to taking over 200 million yuan in bribes, but failed to account for another 131 million yuan in his assets.
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When stacked in a pile, the total of more than 300 million yuan Wei Pengyuan took in bribes would reach 300 meters, close to the height of the Eiffel Tower, while surpassing the height of the CCTV Headquarters, Big Ben, and Taj Mahal.
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Wei Pengyuan's corruption was unprecedented and caused severe losses for the state and Chinese people.
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Wei Pengyuan was one of 11 officials from the NDRC to be charged with bribery.
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Wei Pengyuan was a subordinate of Xu Yongsheng, a deputy administrator of the NEA.
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Wei Pengyuan's case escalated into a purge of 14 central enterprises and 7 energy companies, resulting in the investigation of party committee secretary Zhu Changlin as well.
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In 2014, the same year Wei Pengyuan was detained, Xu Caihou was arrested for a similar crime, and 12 trucks were used to haul away all the bribes Xu had accumulated.
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Around the same time, Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to life in prison, while Zhou's lackey Liu Wei Pengyuan was given the death penalty and executed for running a mafia.