Yun Gongmin

云公民

General Manager of China Huadian CorporationIn office
June 2008 – November 2013Preceded byCao PeixiSucceeded byLi QingkuiVice-Vhairman of Shenhua GroupIn office
October 2006 – June 2008Deputy Communist Party Secretary of ShanxiIn office
June 2003 – October 2006Communist Party SecretaryTian ChengpingCommunist Party Secretary of TaiyuanIn office
September 2001 – January 2006Preceded byHou WujieSucceeded byShen WeichenVice Governor of ShanxiIn office
July 2001 – November 2001GovernorLiu ZhenhuaVice-Chairman of Inner MongoliaIn office
January 1997 – July 2001ChairmanUliji→Yun Bulong→UyunqimgCommunist Party Secretary of Yih Ju LeagueIn office
January 1995 – October 1996Preceded byChen QihouSucceeded byXing YunMayor of Yih Ju LeagueIn office
May 1993 – January 1995Preceded byHu Zhi'anSucceeded byXing Yun (politician) Personal detailsBornSeptember 1950 (age 73)
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist Party (expelled; 1979-2020)Alma materTsinghua UniversityChinese nameTraditional Chinese雲公民Simplified Chinese云公民

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yún Gōngmín

Yun Gongmin (Chinese: 云公民; born September 1950) is a retired Chinese politician of Mongol ethnicity. He entered the workforce in August 1968, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1979. He was investigated by 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, in October 2019. He retired in November 2013 after five years as the deputy Communist Party Secretary and general manager of China Huadian Corporation, one of China's largest power companies, between 2008 and 2013.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Yun was born in September 1950. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he was a sent-down youth in Gucheng Township of Togtoh County. From 1971 to 1975 he was a worker at a transportation company in Hohhot. In 1975 he was accepted to Tsinghua University, majoring in automobile making, where he graduated in 1979.

Career

After graduation, he involved in politics. He took the role of Inner Mongolia government's vice-chairman in January 1997 and was transferred to Shanxi province as vice-governor in July 2001.^[3] He concurrently served as Communist Party Secretary of Taiyuan between September 2001 and January 2006. In June 2003 he was elevated to deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi, a position he held until October 2006. From October 2006 to June 2008 he was vice chairman and deputy Party Branch Secretary of Shenhua Group, a state-owned mining and energy company. He became general manager and deputy Party Branch Secretary of China Huadian Corporation in June 2008, serving in the post until he retirement in November 2013.

He was a delegate to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Downfall

On October 24, 2019, he has been placed under investigation for serious violations of laws and regulations, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement on its website, without elaborating.^[4]^[5]

On September 30, 2020, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from public office.^[6] He was under arrest on suspicion of taking bribes in the following month.^[7] In November, he has been indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes.^[8]

Yun's former boss Li Qingkui, a former Party Branch Secretary and chairman of China Southern Power Grid, one of China's largest regional grid operators, was placed on two-year probation within the Party (留党察看二年).^[9]^[10]

On October 9, 2022, he was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting more than 468 million yuan ($70.2 million) in bribes by the Changchun Intermediate People's Court, and will face a life imprisonment without any possibility of commutation or parole after the two-year reprieve.^[11]^[12]

References

^ Brenda Goh (24 October 2019). "China Graft Watchdog Probes Former Official of State-Owned Power Generator". nytimes.com. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ Chen Xuanwan; Han Wei (25 October 2019). "Retired Head of State Power Giant Huadian Under Probe". caixinglobal. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ Cao Ying (25 October 2019). "Ex-electricity tycoon under investigation". Chinadaily. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ xinhua (24 October 2019). "Former general manager of China's state-owned power company investigated". china.org.cn. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ 中国华电集团有限公司原党组副书记、总经理云公民接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查. CCDI (in Chinese). 24 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ Xinhua (30 September 2020). "China expels ex-general manager of State-owned power company from CPC". Chinadaily. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ Tong Haiqing (佟海晴), ed. (13 October 2020). 最高人民检察院依法对云公民决定逮捕. spp.gov.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ Tong Haiqing (佟海晴), ed. (27 November 2020). 吉林检察机关依法对云公民涉嫌受贿案提起公诉. spp.gov.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ Chen Xuewan; Yang Ge (23 October 2019). "Veteran Power Industry Official Latest to Fall in Anti-Graft Campaign". caixinglobal. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
^ Zhai Xiapeng (翟夏鹏), ed. (22 October 2019). 南方电网原董事长李庆奎被给予留党察看二年处分. ifeng (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 October 2019.
^ Jiang, Chenglong (9 June 2022). "Former tycoon sentenced for bribery". Chinadaily.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "Tycoon sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery". Chinadaily.com. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

Government offices
Previous: Hu Zhi'an (呼治安)	Mayor of Yih Ju League 1993-1995	Succeeded by Xing Yun
Party political offices
Preceded by Chen Qihou (陈启厚)	Communist Party Secretary of Yih Ju League 1995-1996	Succeeded by Xing Yun
Preceded by Hou Wujie (侯伍杰)	Communist Party Secretary of Taiyuan 2001-2006	Succeeded by Shen Weichen
Preceded by Shen Weichen	Director of Shanxi Provincial CCP Committee Propaganda Department 2000–2006	Succeeded by Gao Jianmin (高建民)
Business positions
Preceded by Cao Peixi (曹培玺)	General Manager of China Huadian Corporation 2008-2013	Succeeded by Li Qingkui

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.