1. Yang Weize was the Party Secretary of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, from 2011 to 2015.
21 Facts About Yang Weize
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In 2015, Yang was put under investigation for corruption by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
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Yang Weize was tried and convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to twelve years and six months in prison in December 2016.
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Yang Weize was born in Nantong, Jiangsu province in August 1962.
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Yang Weize's father was a hospital administrator in the city of Nantong.
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Yang Weize went to college at the Nanjing Marine Engineering Institute, where he studied marine and seaport engineering.
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Yang Weize began working in the Jiangsu provincial transportation department in August 1981.
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In 2004, Yang Weize became the party secretary of Wuxi, becoming first-in-charge of the southern Jiangsu city.
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Yang Weize was said to have received praise from Zhou for his work in controlling the razing of local residential neighbourhoods near Zhou's hometown.
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Yang Weize served as the president of the organizing committee of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, spearheading a strategy of using temporary venues for competition and spending frugally.
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Yang Weize said, "No new venues will be built if old ones can be renovated, No new facilities will be purchased if old ones can be repaired, no equipment will be bought if can be rented, and they won't be rented if they can be borrowed," echoing a famous phrase used by former President Liu Shaoqi.
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Yang Weize was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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For much of 2014, Yang Weize executed the party's anti-corruption and "mass line" campaigns with great fervour in Nanjing, ostensibly as a display of loyalty to the new party leadership under CCP general secretary Xi Jinping.
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In May, Yang Weize said that Nanjing was open to the idea of hosting the 2019 Asian Games after organizers from Vietnam withdrew from hosting the event.
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Yang Weize did not accompany Xi's subsequent visit to the Zhenjiang and Nanjing area.
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On January 1,2015, Yang Weize took part in a long-distance running race to ring in the new year at the Nanjing City Wall.
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Those who attended the race reported that Yang Weize looked extremely stressed and uneasy.
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On January 4,2015, Yang Weize was detained by officials from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Party's internal anti-graft agency, on "suspected serious violations of displinary and law".
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Yang Weize was chairing a "democratic life meeting" when he was informed by an assistant that his presence was immediately required at the provincial party headquarters.
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Yang Weize promptly adjourned the meeting and made his way there.
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On December 14,2016, Yang Weize was sentenced for 12 years and 6 months in prison, having been convicted on charges of bribery by the Ningbo People's Intermediate Court.