Xue Heng

Vice Chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative ConferenceIn office
January 2016 – August 2021ChairmanXia Deren
Zhou BoVice Governor of LiaoningIn office
January 2011 – January 2016GovernorChen Zhenggao
Li Xi
Chen Qiufa Personal detailsBornNovember 1955 (age 68)
Suizhong County, Liaoning, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist Party (1974–202; expelled)Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist PartyChinese nameSimplified Chinese薛恒Traditional Chinese薛恆

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xuē Héng

Xue Heng (Chinese: 薛恒; born November 1955) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province Liaoning. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency, National Supervisory Commission, in August 2021. Previously he served as vice chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[1] He was a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Xue was born in Suizhong County, Liaoning, in November 1955. In August 1973, he became a teacher at a middle school in Gaotai Township. One year later, he was promoted to become principal of a primary school in Gaotai Township.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1974, and began his political career in February 1975. He was deputy director of Suizhong County Health Bureau in February 1975, and held that office until January 1978, when he was appointed deputy secretary of Suizhong County Committee of the Communist Youth League of China. After a short term as deputy party secretary of Jiabeiyan Township, he became deputy secretary of Jinzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China in December 1980. In August 1986, he was transferred to the Organization Department of CPC Jinzhou Municipal Committee. In February 1987, he was promoted to be executive deputy magistrate of Heishan County, concurrently as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Heishan Provincial Committee, the county's top authority. He served as deputy director of Jinzhou Land Bureau in May 1989, and six months later promoted to the director position. In December 1992 he was promoted to become party secretary of Linghai, a position he held until October 1994. Then he became the deputy head of Liaoning Provincial Civil Affairs Department, rising to head in April 2003. He became party secretary of Dandong, the top political position in the city, in February 2007 before being assigned to the similar position in Yingkou in August 2010. In January 2011, he rose to become vice governor of Liaoning, and served until January 2016.^[2] During his tenure, he was responsible for transportation, environmental protection, housing, urban and rural construction, railway and airport construction.^[3] He concurrently served as head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department from March 2011 to March 2013. He took the position of vice-chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body, in January 2016, serving until August 2021.

Downfall

On 23 August 2021, he turned himself in and was cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.^[3] Before he stepped town, several of his colleagues and subordinates, such as Liu Qiang, Liu Guoqiang, and Li Wenxi, were sacked for graft.^[3]

On 19 February 2022, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party.^[4] On March 18, He was taken away by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.^[5]

References

^ "Former provincial political advisor under investigation". xinhuanet.com. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ Tang Xinmeng (唐心萌) (27 January 2016). 已到任职年龄界限，周忠轩、薛恒辞去辽宁省副省长职务. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bo Xiaozhou (薄晓舟) (23 August 2021). 中央督导组进驻5天后，辽宁第二虎薛恒主动投案. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "Former provincial political advisor expelled from CPC". xinhuanet.com. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ Zhang Cong (张璁) (18 March 2022). 辽宁省政协原党组副书记、副主席薛恒被捕. South Weekend (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 March 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Zhang Yongyin	Head of Liaoning Provincial Civil Affairs Department 2003–2007	Succeeded by Xu Tienan
Preceded by Li Wenxi	Head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department 2011–2013	Succeeded by Wang Dawei
Party political offices
Preceded by Zhao Huaming [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Dandong 2010–2011	Succeeded by Wei Xiaopeng [zh]
Preceded by Zhu Shaoyi [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Yingkou 2010–2011	Succeeded by Dai Yulin [zh]

Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping (2017–2022)

Campaign oversight

Xi Jinping (Central Committee General Secretary)
Zhao Leji (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary; Central Leading Group for Inspection Work Leader)
Yang Xiaodu (National Supervisory Commission Director)
Zhang Shengmin (Military Discipline Secretary)

Implicated people
(full list)

Central Committee members	Fu Zhenghua Liu Shiyu Nur Bekri Shen Deyong Qin Guangrong Yang Jing Zhao Zhengyong
Central Committee alternate members	Cao Guangjing Chen Gang Li Jia Li Shixiang Xiao Yaqing
Central organs and State-owned enterprises	Cao Guangjing Cao Yaofeng Gao Weidong He Xingxiang Hu Huaibang Hu Wenming Lai Xiaomin Li Guohua Li Ningping Li Xinhua Li Qingkui Liu Baohua Lu Wei Mao Qingguo Sheng Guangzu Sun Bo Tian Huiyu Wang An Wang Bin Wang Dengfen [zh] Wu Zhen Yin Jiaxu Yuan Renguo Zhang Shaochun Zhou Mengbo
Officials of Provincial-ministerial rank¹ (incl. sub-provincial)	Ai Wenli Bai Xiangqun Cai Esheng Cao Guangjing Chen Guoqiang Chen Jiadong Chen Rugui Dong Hong Feng Xinzhu Gan Rongkun Gong Jianhua Hao Chunrong Hu Yifeng Huang Yi Ji Xiangqi Li Jia Li Jiexiang Li Jinzao Jin Suidong Li Qian Li Wei Li Wenxi Li Yihuang Li Zefeng [zh] Liu Guoqiang Liu Hongwu Liu Jun Liu Qiang Liu Xinyun Liu Yanping Ma Ming Meng Hongwei Meng Yongshan Miao Ruilin Peng Yuxing Qian Yin'an Qiu Daming Pu Bo Ren Hua Shangguan Jiqing Sheng Guangzu Shi Wenqing Song Liang Song Taiping Song Xibin Sun Guoxiang Sun Lijun Tong Daochi Wang Dawei Wang Erzhi Wang Fuyu Wang Like Wang Minghui Wang Tie Wang Xiaoguang Wang Yong Wei Chuanzhong Wen Guodong Xiang Lili Xiao Yaqing Xiao Yi Xie Jilai Xing Yun Xu Guang Xue Heng Yang Fulin Yang Keqin Yu Luming Yun Gongmin Yun Guangzhong Zhang Bencai Zhang He Zeng Zhiquan Zhang Jian Zhang Jiehui Zhang Jinghua Zhang Maocai Zhang Qi Zhang Wufeng Zhang Xinqi Zhang Yongze Zhang Zhinan Zhou Huachen Zhou Jiangyong
Military generals²	Meng Zhongkang Qian Weiping Rao Kaixun Xu Xianghua
Officials at Prefecture-level rank¹ or below	An Zhengyu Cao Jiongfang Chen Jian Chen Jiming Chen Sanxin Dai Xianghui Fu Tiegang Gao Hongbin Gao Hongzhi Gao Weidong Gong Wusheng Guo An He Jian Han Dongyan Hu Zhiqiang Li Chenghui Li Jianguo Li Jianping Li Xinyuan Li Yuecheng Liu Hesheng Liu Hushan Liu Jifu Liu Shihe Luan Kejun Pan Qisheng Meng Wei Wangdui Wang Jianfeng Wei Hongguang Xiang Hongqiong Xu Liqun Yan Chunfeng Yan Ganhui Yang Sitao Yang Weiguo Yang Yiwen Zhang Lingping Zhao Deguang Zhao Jingbo Zhao Yingyun Zheng Yajun Zhu Zhongkui
Business and media	Wu Xiaohui Ye Jianming

^PB Former member of the Politburo; ^PLA Also a military official; ^CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates
¹For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China;
²Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.