Lu Ziyue (; born March 1962) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in

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province. He was put under investigation by the

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in March 2016. Previously he served as mayor of

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

. He is the second provincial-ministerial rank official sacked for graft from Zhejiang province in the anti-corruption campaign following the 18th Party Congress, after Si Xinliang.

Biography

Lu was born in Yongkang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of

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, ...

, in

province, in March 1962. He entered the workforce in November 1979, and joined the

in August 1982. He served in various administrative and political roles in

Yongkang County Yongkang (), formerly known as Lizhou (), is a county-level city located in the central part of Zhejiang province, in the People's Republic of China. It is southeast of the Jinhua City boundary and approximately 180 km (111.8 mi ...

before serving as mayor of

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 ...

. In October 2010, he was appointed deputy party boss and mayor of

Yiwu Yiwu () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua in Central Zhejiang Province, East China. As of the 2020 census, the city had 1,859,390 inhabitants and its built-up (or metro) area, joined with that of the neighboring Dongy ...

, a manufacturing and trading hub for small commodities, and one year later promoted to the party boss position of Lanxi. He was party boss of

Linhai Linhai (; Tai-chow dialect: Lin-he) is a county-level city in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province situated on the banks of the Lin River in Eastern China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,114,146 inhabitants even though its built-up (''or met ...

in July 2006, and held that office until April 2008. Then he served as deputy party boss of

Lishui Lishui (; Lishuinese: ''li⁶ syu³'' ) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast, and the province of Fujian to ...

from April 2008 to January 2009, and

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, the top political position in the city, from March 2011 to March 2013. He also served as vice-governor of Zhejiang between January 2013 to March 2013. In May 2013, he was transferred to

and appointed deputy party boss and mayor, he remained in that position until March 2016, when he was placed under investigation on suspicion of "serious violation of Party discipline" by the ruling

. It was reported that Lu may be linked to disgraced Zhejiang official Si Xinliang, who had been under investigation since 2015, and possibly even

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 ...

. He was expelled from the Communist Party on June 21 for bribery. On May 31, 2017, Lu was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes worth 147 million yuan.

References

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