Ren Runhou (October 1957 – September 30, 2014) was a Chinese business executive and politician from

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

Province. He was the chief executive of Lu'an Group, a state-owned coal production company based in Shanxi, for over ten years beginning in June 2000. He became the Vice Governor of Shanxi in January 2011. He was investigated by 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 ...

's internal disciplinary body in 2014, joining many officials from Shanxi who were dismissed from their posts amid corruption investigations. He died from cancer in September before a verdict had been reached on his case.

Life

Ren Runhou was born and raised in Dai County,

. He earned an MBA degree from

Tianjin University Tianjin University (TJU; zh, t=, , s=天津大学, p=, labels=no), previously Peiyang University (), is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Tianjin, China. Established in 1895 by a royal charter from ...

and D.E. degree from

China University of Mining and Technology The China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT; ) is a public university located in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-sponsored with the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and the Ministry ...

.山西新一届省长、副省长简历（李小鹏当选省长）
Ren got involved in politics in November 1979 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1986. Beginning in 1979, he served in several posts in Shanxi Xishan Mining Bureau (), including worker, secretary, engineer, and mine manager. In September 1998 he became the vice-president of Shanxi Institute of Energy, a position he held until June 2000, when he was transferred to

Changzhi Changzhi ( zh, s=长治) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering the provinces of Hebei and Henan to the northeast and east, respectively. Historically, the city was one of the 36 administrative areas ( ...

as the president o
Lu'an Group
(). In January 2011 he was appointed as the vice-governor of Shanxi. On August 29, 2014, Ren Runhou 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". Ren succumbed to cancer in September 2014, before a verdict had been reached on his case, but the investigation into his misconduct continued. On April 13, 2015, the CCDI announced the results of the investigation into Ren. The agency said that Ren took and gave bribes, took cash gifts, and embezzled public funds. The CCDI then posthumously expelled Ren from the Chinese Communist Party.

References

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