On a certain date, the Intermediate People's Court of Changchun City, Jilin Province, publicly announced the first-instance verdict in the case of Zhou Qingyu, former member of the Party Committee and vice president of the National Development Bank, on charges of bribery and abuse of influence for personal gain. The defendant Zhou Qingyu was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for bribery, with a fine of five million yuan; for abuse of influence for personal gain, he was sentenced to three years in prison, with a fine of two hundred thousand yuan. The court decided to execute a total sentence of fifteen years in prison and a fine of five million two hundred thousand yuan. The illegal proceeds and their proceeds seized, confiscated, or frozen in the case shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury.

The court has found that from year to year, the defendant Zhou Qingyu, while serving as a member of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and Vice President of the China Development Bank, took advantage of his position and the convenience it afforded, as well as the influence derived from his status, to provide assistance to certain units and individuals in matters such as loan financing, project tendering, business operations, and personnel arrangements. Zhou directly or through others illegally accepted property totaling approximately RMB million in equivalent value. From month, year to month, year, after Zhou Qingyu's departure from his position, he continued to exploit the influence derived from his former position as a member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the China Development Bank. Through the actions of other state employees, he sought improper benefits for certain units and individuals in matters related to project tendering, illegally accepting RMB million.

The Changchun Intermediate People's Court found that the defendant Zhou Qingyu's actions constituted the crimes of bribery and accepting bribes through influence. The amount of bribery by Zhou Qingyu was particularly large, and the amount of bribery through influence was substantial, both of which should be punished according to law. Considering that Zhou Qingyu truthfully confessed his crimes after being taken into custody, voluntarily disclosed some bribery facts that the investigation authorities were not aware of, and his crime of accepting bribes through influence constituted voluntary surrender; he also reported other criminal activities, which were verified to be true, demonstrating a meritorious service; he admitted guilt, expressed remorse, actively returned illicit gains, and all involved assets and proceeds have been recovered, he can be given a lighter sentence according to law. The court thus rendered the above judgment.

On [Month] [Day] news, Zhou Qingyu was investigated. Based on the above information, Zhou Qingyu was still accepting money before being investigated. On [Month] [Day] news, Zhou Qingyu was expelled from the Party. After investigation, it was found that Zhou Qingyu had lost his ideals and beliefs, deviated from the Party's principles, abandoned the responsibility of overseeing the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, abused his power in supervision and discipline enforcement, engaged in superstitious activities, privately possessed and read books with serious political issues; ignored the spirit of the eight-point decision of the Central Committee, accepted banquets arranged by private entrepreneurs, violated regulations by entering private clubs, and borrowed vehicles from management and service objects; violated organizational principles, extensively interfered and meddled in the recruitment of financial institution employees, seriously undermining the personnel selection system; lost the integrity bottom line, used his position to benefit others, allowed specific relatives to accept property from the other party, extensively accepted gifts, cash, and violated regulations by owning shares in non-listed companies, engaged in power-sex and money-sex transactions; violated regulations by interfering and meddling in loan issuance, privately retained classified documents; had an improper family ethos, failed to manage and educate family members; transformed the public power entrusted by the Party and the people into a tool for personal gain, violated discipline in the exercise of power, willingly became the target of "entrapment," colluded with illegal business owners, engaged in extensive power-money transactions, used his position to facilitate benefits for others in loan financing, project contracting, and other aspects, and illegally accepted substantial amounts of property.

Zhou Qingyu seriously violated the Party's political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, work discipline, and life discipline, constituting serious duty violations and suspected crimes of bribery and abuse of influence for personal gain. Moreover, he did not cease or desist after the 18th National Congress of the Party, which is of serious nature and has caused恶劣影响. He should be dealt with seriously. In accordance with the "Disciplinary Penalty Regulations of the Communist Party of China," the "Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Public Servant Disciplinary Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China," and other relevant regulations, after deliberation by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and approval by the Central Committee of the Party, it was decided to expel Zhou Qingyu from the Party; to cancel the benefits he enjoys according to regulations; to confiscate his illegal gains; and to transfer his suspected criminal issues to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution, with the related assets also being transferred.

Public information shows that Zhou Qingyu was born in a certain year and has long worked in the financial system. He has served as the General Manager of the Risk Asset Management Department of the Agricultural Bank of China, the President of the Guizhou Branch, the General Manager of the Agricultural Credit Department, the Executive Deputy Director of the Joint-Stock Reform Leading Group Office, the Director of Rural Affairs, and the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the National Development Bank. In a certain year, he became a member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the National Development Bank, and was dismissed in a certain month, until he was investigated.