Zhou Benshun

Zhou Benshun
周本顺
Communist Party Secretary of Hebei
In office
20 March 2013 – 31 July 2015
DeputyZhang Qingwei (Governor)
Zhao Yong (Deputy Secretary)
Preceded byZhang Qingli
Succeeded byZhao Kezhi
Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
In office
2007–2012
Preceded byWang Shengjun
Succeeded byWang Yongqing
Communist Party Secretary of Shaoyang
In office
August 1995 – November 2000
Preceded bySun Zaifu
Succeeded byJiang Jianguo
Personal details
BornFebruary 1953 (age 71)
Xupu County, Hunan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (expelled)
Alma materChangchun Institute of Geology
Hunan University
Wuhan University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Běnshùn

Zhou Benshun (Chinese: ; born February 1953) is a former Chinese politician. Between 2013 and 2015, he served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and the top official of Hebei Province.[1][2] Prior to his post in Hebei, Zhou Benshun was the Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, serving under disgraced domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang.[3][4]

On July 24, 2015, he was detained for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, then expelled from the party several months later.[5][6] Zhou was the first incumbent provincial party secretary to be targeted by the Chinese government's anti-graft campaign since 2012.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Zhou Benshun". China Vitae. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  2. ^ 周本顺简历 [Biography of Zhou Benshun] (in Chinese). People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  3. ^ "China probes former associate of jailed security chief". reuters.com. 2015-07-24.
  4. ^ "Head of China's Hebei Province Investigated on Corruption Charges". voanews.com. 2015-07-25.
  5. ^ "Hebei Party chief dismissed amid graft probe". Xinhua. 2015-07-28. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015.
  6. ^ "周本顺被查当天仍在北京开会". Sina. July 24, 2015.
  7. ^ "Former Aide to Zhou Yongkang Is Latest Target of Graft Buster". Caixin. 2015-07-27.
  8. ^ "No letup in Xi's corruption battle as elders get angry". nikkei.com. 2015-08-05.