Chen Gui (; born October 1956) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in

North China North China, or Huabei () is a List of regions of China, geographical region of China, consisting of the provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Part of the larger region of Northern China (''Beifang''), it lies north ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

province. As of March 2015 he was under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. Previously he served as the

Communist Party Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

Hengshui Hengshui () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. At the 2010 census its population was 4,340,373 inhabitants whom 522,147 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') are ...

Life and career

Chen was born and raised in

Zhuolu County Zhuolu County () is a county in the northwest of Hebei province, bordering Beijing's Mentougou District to the east. It is under the administration of the Zhangjiakou city. It has eight Towns of the People's Republic of China, towns, nine Township ...

. He graduated from

Hebei Normal University Hebei Normal University () is a public research university in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China. It is a provincial key university with more than 100 years history, and is supported by both Hebei Province and Education Department of China. Hi ...

in 1981, majoring in Chinese language. He was appointed to the vice-county governor and deputy Communist Party secretary of

Huaian County Huai'an County () is a county in the northwest of Hebei, China. It is under the administration of Zhangjiakou Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in ...

in February 1993, and Communist Party secretary, the top political position in the city, from February 1996 to December 1997. Chen was vice-mayor of

Zhangjiakou Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the southw ...

in December 1997, and deputy Communist Party secretary, in February 2003. In June 2006 he was transferred to

Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao (; ) is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei. It is administratively a prefecture-level city, about east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. Its population during the 2020 national ...

as the deputy Communist Party secretary, a position he held until March 2008. In November 2008 he was promoted to become the

. However, he was dismissed for "disciplinary violations" in April 2010, for reasons that were never made public. He then left public view.

Downfall

Chen was placed under investigation by the authorities in March 2015, again for unknown reasons. He was the second Hebei official to be announced to be under investigation since an anti-corruption campaign began following the

18th Party Congress The 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held November 8-15, 2012 at the Great Hall of the People. It was preceded by the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Due to term and age limits restrictions, seven o ...

. It is notable that his predecessor as Hengshui party chief Jing Chunhua was also investigated for corruption. In January 2016, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and dismissed from public office.

References

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