Kong Lingzhong (; born October 1953) is a Chinese politician who spent most of his career in southwest China's

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

province. At the height of his career, he served as vice-chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

(CPPCC). He served three terms as vice-chairman in 2008, 2010 and 2012. As of 2016 he was under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Then he was placed on one-year probation within the Party and was demoted to less responsible jobs.

Biography

Kong was born in

Dongyang () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua in Central Zhejiang Province, China. It covers an area of and administers eleven towns, one township, and six subdistricts. It is part of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Region. As ...

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 ...

in October 1953. During the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

, he was a player in Sichuan opera Troupe of

Guiyang Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...

. After College Entry Test was resumed in 1978, he entered

Guizhou University Guizhou University (; Pinyin: Guìzhōu Dàxué), known as Guida (贵大 Guì Dà), is a provincial research university located in suburban Guiyang, capital of Guizhou, China. Founded in 1902, it is the flagship institution of higher learning i ...

in March that year, majoring in history at the Department of History, where he graduated in January 1982. After graduation, he was assigned to Guizhou Education College as a teacher. He assumed various posts there, such as deputy director of the Personnel Section, deputy director of the Party Affairs, and director of the Party Affairs. In November 1992 he was transferred to Guiyang Medical College (now Guizhou Medical University), serving as secretary of its Discipline Inspection Commission. In July 2000 he was promoted to become head of the Guizhou Provincial Education Department. He concurrently served as vice-chairman of Guizhou Association for Science and Technology in August 2007. In January 2008 he was promoted again to become vice-chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the

(CPPCC), he was re-elected in November 2010, and his third term began in 2012. On April 19, 2016, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement on its website that "Kong Lingzhong severely violated political codes of conduct and resisted organizational investigation". Then he was placed on one-year probation within the Party () and was downgraded to department director level of non leadership positions ().

References

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