Zhou Jiankun is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in southwest China's Guizhou province.
11 Facts About Zhou Jiankun
1.
2.
Zhou Jiankun was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in November 2022.
3.
Zhou Jiankun joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1984.
4.
Zhou Jiankun served as mayor from March 1998 to May 2001.
5.
Zhou Jiankun was deputy director of Guizhou Provincial Economic and Trade Commission in October 2006 and subsequently deputy secretary-general of Guizhou Provincial People's Government in February 2011.
6.
Zhou Jiankun became mayor of Anshun in December 2011, and then party secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in March 2013.
7.
Zhou Jiankun concurrently served as chairman of its People's Congress from January 2017 to November 2020.
8.
Zhou Jiankun took the position of vice chairman of the Jilin Provincial Committee the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body, in January 2020.
9.
On 27 November 2022, Zhou Jiankun was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.
10.
Prosecutors accused Zhou Jiankun of taking advantage of his different positions in Guizhou between 1999 and 2022 to seek profits for various companies and individuals in business operations, project contracting, project approval and other matters from 1999 to 2022, and accepted money and valuables worth over 108 million yuan in return.
11.
Zhou Jiankun was deprived of political rights for life, and all of his personal property will be confiscated.