Wu Zhen (; born May 1958) is a former Chinese politician who served as the Deputy Commissioner of the

National Health and Family Planning Commission The National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) was a cabinet-level executive department under the State Council which is responsible for providing information, raising health awareness and education, ...

and the deputy director of the

China Food and Drug Administration The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA, , formerly the China Food and Drug Administration, or CFDA) was founded on the basis of the former State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). In March 2013, the former regulatory body was rebra ...

. He was dismissed from his position in August 2018 and placed under investigation 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 ...

and the

National Supervisory Commission National Supervisory Commission of the People's Republic of China is the highest anti-corruption agency of the People's Republic of China, at the same administrative ranking as Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate. Its oper ...

Career

Wu was born in May 1958, and he was graduated from

Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (), designated as a medical university in Nanchang, Jiangxi, is an institution of higher learning under the leadership of Jiangxi provincial government. According to the survey by CUCAS, Jiangxi ...

in 1983. He served as the officer of the Medical Education Science and Technology Department of the Health Department of Jiangxi, the director of the Drug Administration of the Health Department of Jiangxi, and the director of the Jiangxi Food and Drug Administration. In 2006, Wu was appointed as the deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, who was responsible for drug registration, supervision and review. He was appointed as the Director of Food and Drug Safety of the

in April 2013, then he appointed as the deputy director in July. Wu also served as the Deputy Commissioner of the

since 2015, and he retired in March 2018. Wu was dubbed a “

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tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East Slavs, East and South Slavs, South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''Caesar (title), caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" i ...

”, which he was responsible for vaccine supervision for long time.

Investigation

On August 16, 2018, Wu Zhen was placed under investigation by the

, the party's internal disciplinary body, and the

, the highest anti-corruption agency of the People's Republic of China. According to the report, this announcement was decided by the meeting of the

Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), officially the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is a committee consisting of the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Histori ...

. Wu was expelled from the Communist Party on February 2, 2019. On February 26, he was arrested for suspected bribe taking and abuse of power. On April 1, he was indicted. On May 30, he stood trial at the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court on charges of taking bribes and abuse of power. Prosecutors accused Wu of taking advantage of his different positions between 1996 and 2018 to provide assistance to relevant organizations and individuals in getting approval for drugs or finding employment. In return, he illegally received money and goods worth more than 21.71 million yuan (about 3.14 million U.S. dollars) directly or through his relatives. He was also charged with fraud in his work for personal purposes and abusing his power when he was deputy director of the China Food and Drug Administration and National Health and Family Planning Commission, causing "huge losses" to the interests of the country and the people. On November 15, 2019, Wu was sentenced to 16 years in prison for taking bribes of 21.71 million yuan and abuse of power by

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

Intermediate People's Court.

References

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