Chen Wei (; born October 1966) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in

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Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

province. As of February 2015 he was under investigation by the Communist Party of China's

anti-corruption agency An anti-corruption agency is a special police agency specialised in fighting political corruption and engaging in general anti-corruption activities. Most are founded by statute, but some have a constitutional status. List See also * * * ...

. 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 ...

Zaozhuang Zaozhuang () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Since January 2019 (after the Laiwu prefecture got incorporated into Jinan prefecture), the smallest prefecture-level city in the province, it b ...

. He is now the executive director of China Jingyi Group and chairman of Zhejiang Huajingtong Tourism Development Co., Ltd.. Chinese media reported that Chen Wei had close relations with Gu Liping, wife of

Ling Jihua Ling Jihua (; born 22 October 1956) is a former Chinese politician and one of the principal political advisers of former leader Hu Jintao. Ling was best known for his tenure as chief of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party between ...

, former vice chairman of the National

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(CPPCC) and the head of the

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of the Communist Party Central Committee.

Life and career

Chen Wei was born and raised in

Jinhua , alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

. He entered

PLA Information Engineering University The People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University (IEU; ) is a Chinese military university in Zhengzhou, Henan, affiliated with the People's Liberation Army. It was established in 1999. Before that, it was ...

in September 1984, majoring in information system at the College of Electronic Technology, where he graduated in July 1988. Then he was a postgraduate student at

Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University (HEU; ) was founded in 1953 in Harbin, China. It offers more than 150-degree programs, 48 of which are conducted in English. Designated a Double First Class University and a former Project 211 university, HEU is ...

from August 1988 to August 1990, and from September 1990-September 1993 doctoral student at

East China University of Science and Technology East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST, ) is a public research university with two campuses located in Shanghai, China. Established in 1952 as East China Institute of Chemical Technology, it has evolved from an institution with ...

. He then went to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

for four years to study economic management. He remained in Japan, becoming a chief engineer at Omron Corporation in April 1997. Chen returned to China in 2000, he was the assistant mayor in

Weihai Weihai (), formerly called Weihaiwei (), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport in easternmost Shandong province. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow Sea to the east, and is the closest Chinese city to South Korea. Weihai's popula ...

in December 2000, and vice-mayor, in January 2002. In September 2002, he was appointed secretary and party branch secretary of Shandong Provincial Committee of the

Communist Youth League The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by the ...

, he remained in that position until September 2006, when he was transferred to

and appointed deputy Communist Party secretary and mayor. He was

, the top political position in the city, from December 2011 to February 2015.

Downfall

On February 28, 2015, the state media reported that he was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's

. Then he was dismissed for corruption. On July 8, he was expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and was downgraded to section director level of non leadership position ().

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Wei 1966 births Living people Political office-holders in Shandong PLA Information Engineering University alumni Harbin Engineering University alumni East China University of Science and Technology alumni Tokyo Institute of Technology alumni Businesspeople from Jinhua