Zhu Mingguo was born on May 1957 and is a former Chinese politician of Li ethnic heritage who spent his career in Guangdong, Hainan, and Chongqing.
16 Facts About Zhu Mingguo
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Zhu Mingguo was investigated by the Chinese Communist Party's anti-corruption agency in November 2014.
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Zhu Mingguo has become the second senior Party and government official to be investigated in Guangdong in six months, following Wan Qingliang, former Party chief of Guangzhou.
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In 2016, Zhu Mingguo was sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery.
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Zhu Mingguo was born to an ordinary family of peasants near the city of Wuzhishan on Hainan island in May 1957, a member of the Li ethnic group.
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Zhu Mingguo graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in 1984, majoring in law.
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Zhu Mingguo began his political career in August 1974, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1975.
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Zhu Mingguo served in various posts in Baoting County, before serving as Deputy Head of Organization Department of CPC Hainan Committee.
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Zhu Mingguo was promoted to Vice-Governor of Hainan in 1998, he was a member of the party's Hainan Provincial Standing Committee.
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Zhu Mingguo remained in that positions until 2001, when he was transferred to Chongqing and appointed the director of the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Public Security and a member of the standing committee of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CPC.
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Zhu Mingguo was transferred to Guangdong in 2006, where he served as Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission and a member of the party's Provincial Standing Committee, the highest de facto policy-making body of the province.
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Zhu Mingguo was promoted again to become Deputy Party Secretary of Guangdong in 2010, a position he held until November 2013.
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On November 28,2014, state media reported that Zhu Mingguo was being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for "serious violations of laws and regulations".
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On February 17,2015, at the conclusion of the CCDI investigation, Zhu Mingguo was expelled from the Communist Party.
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The investigation concluded that Zhu Mingguo had abused his power and said that he had taken "massive bribes" as kickbacks for giving preferential treatment in the promotions of officials in the operations of some businesses.
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On November 11,2016, Zhu Mingguo was sentenced by the Liuzhou Intermediate People's Court to death sentence with reprieve for taking bribes worth 141 million yuan and unidentified 91.04 million yuan property.