Yu Haiyan

Yu Haiyan (Chinese: 虞海燕; pinyin: Yú Hǎiyàn; born July 1961) is a former Chinese official. At the height of his career, he served as the Vice Governor of Gansu and Communist Party Secretary of Lanzhou. On January 11, 2017, Yu was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. He was the second high-ranking politician being examined from Gansu province after the 18th Party Congress in 2012.[1]

Yu Haiyan
虞海燕
Vice Governor of Gansu
In office
November 2016  January 2017
Communist Party Secretary of Lanzhou
In office
October 2012  November 2016
Preceded byLu Wucheng
Succeeded byLi Rongcan (李荣灿)
Personal details
BornJuly 1961 (age 59)
Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China (1987–2017, expelled)
Alma materXi'an University of Architecture and Technology

Career

Yu Haiyan was born in Yiwu, Zhejiang. He joined Communist Party of China in 1987. Before his political career, he worked for Jiuquan Steel. In 1996, Lu went to Tianshui to become the Communist Party Secretary there. In 2011, Yu Haiyan became the Vice Governor of Gansu.[2] In 2012, he became the Communist Party Secretary of Lanzhou.[3] In 2016, he appointed as the Vice Governor of Gansu again.[4]

On January 11, 2017, Yu Haiyan was placed under investigation by the Party's internal disciplinary body for "serious violations of laws and regulations". He was the second consecutive serving Lanzhou party chief to fall under the axe of the anti-corruption campaign, after Lu Wucheng, his immediate predecessor.[1] He was expelled from the party on June 4, 2017.[5]

On July 18, 2018, Yu was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined six million yuan for taking bribes worth 65.63 million yuan by the Chongqing First Intermediate People's Court.

References

Party political offices
Preceded by
Lu Wucheng
Communist Party Secretary of Lanzhou
2012–2016
Succeeded by
Li Rongcan (李荣灿)
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