He Jiacheng (; born May 1956) is a former Chinese academic and public official. Between March 2013 and October 2014 he served as the executive vice president of

China National School of Administration The Chinese Academy of Governance (), usually mentioned as the China National School of Administration by media, was a public administration academy for middle and senior government officials in China from 1994 to 2018. The academy was located at ...

. He was dismissed from his position in October 2014, suspected of corruption. He won the Sun Yefang Economics Prize () in 1985 and Chinese Book Award in 1990.

Early life

He was born and raised in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

. He earned his bachelor of economics degree from

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianl ...

in 1981 and received his master of economics degree from

Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences For the succeeding university, please see University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (GSCASS, ) is a public graduate school in Beijing, and one of the first two graduate schools (with ...

in 1984. After graduating from Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with a Ph.D. in 1986. He was appointed as the director of Development Economics Research of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. At the same year, he also was elected a member of

All-China Youth Federation The All-China Youth Federation (ACYF; zh , s = 中华全国青年联合会 ) is a people's organization founded on 4 May 1949 that represents many youth groups in China, including the Communist Youth League of China. Former paramount leaders a ...

. From September 1999 to 2000, he studied at

John F. Kennedy School of Government The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...

Career

From 1986 to 1987, he worked in Information Research Unit of

General Office of the Chinese Communist Party The General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, often referred to as the Central Office (), is an office directly under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in charge of providing support for the Ce ...

. In 1987, he was elected Vice-President of China Youth Entrepreneurs Association (). In 1990, he served as the Deputy Director of the General Office of the State Department of Materials (), and Minister Office Director, China Institute of Economic Research Materials Institute, he remained in that position until 1992, when he was transferred to

Wuxi Wuxi (, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu province, eastern China, by car to the northwest of downtown Shanghai, between Changzhou and Suzhou. In 2017 it had a population of 3,542,319, with 6,553,000 living in the entire prefecture-level city ar ...

and appointed the Vice-Mayor. In 1991, he was elected Executive Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Material Flow (). In 1992, he was elected a member of National Youth Standing Committee. From 1993 to 1995, he worked in State Internal Trade Policy Regime and Regulation Department (). In 1994 he was elected Vice-President of the China State-owned Assets Management Society (). From 1995 to 1998, he worked as President and

CPC Party Chief 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 ...

of China Huaxing Group (). In 1997 he was elected Vice-President of the China Logistics Association (). From 1998 to 2000, he was a member and Deputy CPC Party Chief of State Internal Trade Bureau (). From 2000 to 2009, he worked as the Chairman of State-owned Large Enterprises Focus (). In 2000 he elected Chairman of

of Chinese Student Association, Vice-Chairman of China Information Infrastructure, and Vice-President of the National Information Technology Committee of Experts. He also is a former guest researcher at

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

, and

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a Chinese research institute and think tank. The institution is the premier comprehensive national academic research organization in the People's Republic of China for the study in the fields of ...

. In September 2009, he was promoted to become the Vice-President of the

, then became the Executive Vice-President in March 2013.

Downfall

In October 2014, the state media reported that he was being investigated by the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest internal control institution of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), tasked with enforcing internal rules and regulations and combating corruption and malfeasance in the par ...

for "serious violations of laws and regulations". On October 13, 2014, he was removed from office by the

Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party () is a human resource management department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party that controls staffing positions within the CCP. The Orga ...

. On November 11, 2015, He Jiacheng was expelled from the Communist Party. The investigation concluded Yu had gone to private clubs and accepted bribes. On February 28, 2017, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison for taking bribes by the Intermediate People's Court in Ningbo.

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