Qiu He
Qiu He | |
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仇和 | |
Communist Party Secretary of Kunming | |
In office December 2007 – November 2011 | |
Preceded by | Yang Chongyong |
Succeeded by | Zhang Tianxin |
Vice-Governor of Jiangsu | |
In office January 2006 – December 2007 | |
Preceded by | Wu Ruilin (吴瑞林) |
Succeeded by | Xu Ming (徐鸣) |
Communist Party Secretary of Suqian | |
In office August 2001 – April 2006 | |
Preceded by | Xu Shousheng |
Succeeded by | Zhang Xinshi (张新实) |
Mayor of Suqian | |
In office January 2001 – August 2001 | |
Preceded by | She Yihe (佘义和) |
Succeeded by | Zhang Xinshi |
Personal details | |
Born | January 1957 (age 67) John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Qiu He (
Qiu He was a member of the 12th National People's Congress and an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Life and career
Qiu He was born and raised in Binhai County, Jiangsu. He entered Nanjing Agricultural College (now Nanjing Agricultural University) in March 1978, majoring in botanical and plant conservation, where he graduated in January 1982.[1] Qiu then joined the Jiangsu Agricultural Science Institute. In 1985 he became an office liaison for a 'party clean-up' project in the city of Huaiyin. The following year he was named deputy director of the Botanical Conservation Institute of Jiangsu (江苏省农科院植保研究所). In 1988 he became governor of Feng County. He also studied at Tsinghua University. From 1990 to 1996, he worked at Jiangsu Provincial Association of Science and Technology.[1]
Between April 1995 and January 1996 he was sent to the
In 1998, Qiu instituted a program for local teachers to take part in activities courting private investment in the city of
In January 2006 he was promoted to become
On July 31, Qiu was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party at the conclusion of the investigation into him by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The anti-graft agency accused Qiu of "accepting cash gifts, using the convenience of his office to aid in the business operations of his relatives and aid in the promotion of officials... accepted massive bribes." He was also indicted on criminal charges of bribery.[5]
On December 15, 2016, Qiu was sentenced for 14 years and 6 months in prison for bribery.[6] Qiu's superior, Qin Guangrong, former party chief of Yunnan, handed himself in to the government in May 2019.[7]
Qiu is an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was elected at the 18th Party Congress held in November 2012 but barely met the threshold of support for election. Of the elected members, he placed second last in the vote count, ahead only of Li Xiaopeng, the son of former Premier Li Peng.
References
- ^ a b c d "Life of Qiu He". CE (in Chinese). 2015.
- ^ a b 吴多雨 (March 17, 2015). "仇和倒台与五毛兴衰史". Paopao.
- ^ "Qiu He arrived in Taipei for business opportunities". 2011-02-17.
- ^ "Deputy Party chief of Yunnan under probe". Xinhua News. 2015-03-15. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015.
- ^ "南京市委原书记杨卫泽、云南原副书记仇和被双开". Chinanews. July 31, 2015.
- ^ "云南省委原副书记仇和一审被判十四年六个月". Xinhuanet. Archived from the original on December 15, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ Matt Ho (9 May 2019). "Former Communist Party boss of Yunnan Qin Guangrong investigated for corruption". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 September 2019.