Wang Maoshe (; born August 1957) is a former Chinese politician who served as the Communist Party Secretary of

Yuncheng Yuncheng is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan (Luoyang and Jiyuan to the east, Sanmenxia to the south) and Shaan ...

, a city in

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-leve ...

province, between 2013 and 2014, and prior to that, party chief of

Shuozhou Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is situated along the upper reaches of the Fen River. The prefecture as a whole has an area of about and, in 2010, a pop ...

. He was investigated for corruption and was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in 2015.

Career

Wang was born and raised in the town of Hechuan of

Anze County Anze County () is a county in the south of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,967 square kilometers, and has a population of 82,012 as of 2010. History The c ...

Province. He graduated from

Shanxi Agricultural University Shanxi Agricultural University (山西农业大学) is a university in Shanxi, China under the authority of the provincial government. It is in the city of Taigu (太谷), a rural area with a population of about 40,000 people. History The sch ...

. Wang joined the workforce in July 1975, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1982. In December 2007, Wang was appointed the Deputy Party Secretary and Vice-Mayor of

Jincheng Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the south and southeast. It is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry. The entire city has a populat ...

, he was promoted to become the Mayor of Jincheng in April 2008. In February 2011, Wang was transferred to

as the CPC Party Chief, a position he held until February 2013, when he was transferred laterally to become the party chief of

. Wang was a member of the

11th National People's Congress The 11th National People's Congress () met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the 1 ...

. Chinese media reported that Wang had close relations with two officials:

Ling Zhengce Ling Zhengce (; born May 1952) is a former Chinese politician from Shanxi province. From 2008 to 2014 Ling served as the vice-chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and prior to tha ...

and Du Shanxue.

Downfall

On June 4, 2014, it was announced that Wang was as 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 pa ...

for "serious violations of laws and regulations". After Wang was sacked, the party chief position in the city of Yuncheng, one of the "corruption disaster zones", was not filled for over a year, the longest such vacancy for any municipal party chief since the anti-corruption campaign began in 2012. He was succeeded by Henan native

Wang Yuyan Wang Yuyan (; born May 1966) is a Chinese politician serving as head of the Organization Department of the Qinghai organization of the Chinese Communist Party. Wang was born in Xiangcheng County, Henan province. She joined the Chinese Communist ...

in August 2015. In the same month, Wang was expelled from the Communist Party; the report of his wrongdoing was authored by the Shanxi Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was accused of "vote-buying", adultery, taking bribes, and "continuing to take bribes after the 18th Party Congress". On January 6, 2017, he was sentenced to 15 years and fined 5 million yuan for taking bribes by the Xuzhou Intermediate People's Court in

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with it ...

. According to the indictment, he used his various positions between 2011 and 2014 in Shuozhou and Yuncheng to seek benefits for relevant organizations and individuals in job promotion, job adjustment and enterprise management. In return, he accepted money and property worth over 52.35 million yuan ($8.09 million) personally or through his relatives.

References

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