Wu Zhen (politician)

Wu was born in May 1958, and he was graduated from Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1983.[1] He served as the officer of the Medical Education Science and Technology Department of the Health Department of Jiangxi, the director of the Drug Administration of the Health Department of Jiangxi, and the director of the Jiangxi Food and Drug Administration.[2][3]

In 2006, Wu was appointed as the deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, who was responsible for drug registration, supervision and review. He was appointed as the Director of Food and Drug Safety of the China Food and Drug Administration in April 2013, then he appointed as the deputy director in July. Wu also served as the Deputy Commissioner of the National Health and Family Planning Commission since 2015, and he retired in March 2018.[2][3]

Wu was dubbed a “vaccine tsar”, which he was responsible for vaccine supervision for long time.[3]

On August 16, 2018, Wu Zhen was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of the People's Republic of China. According to the report, this announcement was decided by the meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China. [4] Wu was expelled from the Communist Party on February 2, 2019.[5]

On November 15, 2019, Wu was sentenced to 16 years in prison for taking bribes of 21.71 million yuan and abuse of power by Chengdu Intermediate People's Court.[6]