Liang Yimin (; born August 1964) is a former Chinese politician from south China's

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

province. From February 2013 to October 2014 he served as

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 ...

Maoming Maoming, alternately romanized as Mowming, is a prefecture-level city located in southwestern Guangdong province, China. Facing the South China Sea to the city's south, Maoming city borders Zhanjiang to the west, Yangjiang to the east, and Yunf ...

. He was indicted on corruption charges in March 2015.

Early life and education

Liang was born and raised in

Kaiping Kaiping (), postal map romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized in Cantonese as Hoiping, is a county-level city in Guangdong provinces of China, Province, China. It is located ín the western section of the Pearl River Delt ...

. In February 1984, he attended Foshan Fiscal School. He graduated from Guangdong Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, earning a

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

degree.

Career

He began working in October 1982 and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

in September 1987. Beginning in 1982, he served in several posts in Kaiping Revenue and Tax Bureau, including director and party group secretary. From May 2000 to May 2003, he served as director and CPC Party Chief of Foshan Revenuetax Bureau. In May 2003, he was appointed the Vice-Mayor of

Foshan Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...

, a position he held until January 2007, he also served as CPC Party Chief of

Chancheng District Chancheng District is a district and the seat of the city of Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. Chancheng is the economic, cultural and political center of the city. History Chancheng belonged to the land of Baiyue during the Spring and Autum ...

from May 2006 to July 2010. He became CPC Party Chief of

Shunde District Shunde District, also known as Shuntak, is a District (PRC), district of the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, located in the Pearl River Delta. It had a population of 2,464,784 as of the 2010 census. Once a traditional agricultural county, it ...

in July 2010, he remained in that position until February 2011, when he was transferred to

and appointed the Deputy CPC Party Chief and Mayor. In February 2013 he was promoted to become the CPC Party Chief of Maoming, replacing Deng Haiguang ().

Downfall

On October 14, 2014, 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". He was indicted on criminal bribery charges in March 2015. On December 5, 2016, he was expelled from the

and removed from public office.

References

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