Li Xi (; born December 1962) is a former Chinese politician from

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

province; he served as the executive vice mayor of Kunming and a member of the provincial capital's

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Early life

Li was born and raised in

Kunming Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Ch ...

, capital of

Career

He entered the workforce in July 1981 and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

in October 1984. During his early years, he served in several posts in

Guandu District Guandu District () is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China. It is in the southeast of Kunming and borders Yiliang County, Kunming Yiliang County () is a county, under th ...

, including director of government office, deputy party chief and magistrate of Guanshang Town. Then he was promoted to become deputy party chief and mayor of Anning, he was appointed party chief of Anning in April 2006, he remained in that position until July 2008, when he was transferred to

and appointed the executive vice-mayor, he was re-elected in June 2014.

Downfall

On October 21, 2014, the state media reported that he was being investigated by the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCDI is elected and supervised by the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP National Congress. ...

for "serious violations of laws and regulations". On the afternoon of December 8, 2015, the Intermediate People's Court of Qujing in Yunnan province opened a trial session to hear the bribery case of Li Xi. Li Xi was accused of taking advantage of his position to seek benefits for others and illegally accepting other people's property for more than 18.27 million yuan ($ 2.88 million), 0.132 million U.S. dollar, 30,000 Euro, diamonds (diamonds worth 330 thousand yuan) and bullions (bullions worth 0.2766 million yuan).

References

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