Li Chuncheng

Li Chuncheng
李春城
Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan
In office
September 2011 – December 2012
SecretaryWang Dongming
Preceded byLi Chongxi
Succeeded byKe Zunping
Communist Party Secretary of Chengdu
In office
June 2003 – September 2011
Preceded byWang Rongxuan
Succeeded byHuang Xinchu
Mayor of Chengdu
In office
February 2001 – June 2003
Preceded byWang Rongxuan
Succeeded byGe Honglin
Communist Party Secretary of Luzhou
In office
August 2000 – January 2001
Preceded byYang Yunhong
Succeeded byXu Bo
Personal details
BornApril 1956 (age 68)
Haicheng, Liaoning, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1978–2014, expelled)
SpouseQu Songzhi
Children1
Alma materHarbin Institute of Technology

Li Chuncheng (Chinese: 李春城; pinyin: Lǐ Chūnchéng; born April 1956) is a former Chinese politician. He spent his early career in Heilongjiang Province, before being transferred to Sichuan in 1998. He served as the Mayor and then Communist Party Secretary of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, between 2001 and 2011. He then served as Deputy Party Secretary of Sichuan Province between 2011 and 2012.[1]

Li was dismissed from his positions in December 2012, as the party's internal disciplinary body investigated Li for corruption. He was then expelled from the Chinese Communist Party, convicted on charges of abuse of power and bribery, and sentenced to 13 years in prison.[2][3] Li was the first official of sub-provincial rank to be investigated for corruption following the ascension of Xi Jinping at the 18th Party Congress. Li was considered an ally of Zhou Yongkang.[4] Li was an alternate member of the 16th and 18th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, but failed to be elected to the 17th Central Committee.

  1. ^ "Disgraced Sichuan political boss Li Chuncheng booted from Communist Party as prosecutor opens probe". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. ^ Bradsher, Keith (2012-12-06). "China's Anticorruption Commission Investigates Senior Official". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  3. ^ "China investigates top Sichuan official for corruption". BBC News. 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. ^ Wan, Adrian (2014-04-30). "Sichuan official with Zhou Yongkang link expelled from Communist Party". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2019-01-29.