The Supreme People's Procuratorate website announced today that the case of Sun Zhigang, former vice chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress and former secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, suspected of accepting bribes was concluded by the National Supervisory Commission and transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. Recently, the Supreme People's Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Sun Zhigang on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law. The case is being further processed.

His public resume shows that Sun Zhigang, who was dismissed on August 28 last year, is male, born in May 1954, from Xingyang, Henan Province. He started working in February 1971, joined the Party in September 1976, and is a member of the 19th Central Committee. Sun Zhigang, 70, worked in Hubei in his early years. He served as mayor of Hanyang District, Wuhan City, deputy mayor of Wuhan City, mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee of Yichang City, etc. In 2002, he served as member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee. In 2006, Sun Zhigang served as member of the Standing Committee of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee and executive vice governor across provinces; in 2010, he served as deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and director of the State Council's Medical Reform Office; in 2013, he served as deputy director of the former National Health and Family Planning Commission and director of the State Council's Medical Reform Office (ministerial level). In October 2015, Sun Zhigang was appointed acting governor of Guizhou Province, governor in January of the following year, secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee in July 2017, and later stepped down in November 2020. From December 2020 to March 2023, he served as deputy chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.

On February 5 this year, Sun Zhigang was expelled from the party. The circular shows that after investigation, Sun Zhigang lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original mission, violated the political principle of "two maintenance", failed to implement the major policy decisions of the CPC Central Committee, disobeyed, carried out the "seven have" and cronyism, failed to fulfill the main responsibility of administering the party strictly in an all-round way, engaged in non-organizational activities during cadre inspection, and confronted organizational review. Ignore the spirit of the eight regulations of the central government, occupy more houses in violation of regulations, seek special treatment in terms of living security, accept banquets and tourism arrangements that may affect the fair performance of official duties, violate organizational principles and fail to truthfully report personal matters, fail to truthfully explain the problem when organizing a letter Clean bottom line, illegal acceptance of gifts, gift money, through private loans to obtain large returns, the use of position influence to provide help for their children's business activities; intervention and intervention in judicial activities; do not attach importance to the construction of family style, out of control of spouses and children Alienate the public power given by the party and the people into a tool for personal gain, wantonly collect money and accumulate wealth, take advantage of position to make profits for others in project contracting, share subscription, and illegally accept huge amounts of property.

The notice shows that in accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishments of the Communist Party of China","Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China","Administrative Punishments Law of the People's Republic of China for Public Officials" and other relevant regulations, it was decided to expel Sun Zhigang from the party after a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and reported to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for approval; the treatment he enjoyed was cancelled as required; his disciplinary and illegal income was confiscated; Transfer his suspected crimes to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the property involved was transferred together.

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