Chen Rugui

Chen Rugui
Chen Rugui
陈如桂
Mayor of Shenzhen
	In office; 22 August 2017 – April 2021
Party Secretary	Wang Weizhong
Preceded by	Xu Qin
Succeeded by	Qin Weizhong
Personal details
Born	September 1962 (age 61); Lianjiang County, Guangdong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1992–2022; expelled)
Alma mater	Guilin University of Technology; Central South University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陈如桂
Traditional Chinese	陳如桂
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Rúguì

Chen Rugui (Chinese: 陈如桂; born September 1962) is a Chinese politician who is the current vice chairman of Guangdong People's Congress. Previously he served as mayor of Shenzhen. He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in June 2022.^[1]

Early life and education

Chen was born in Lianjiang County (now Lianjiang), Guangdong, in September 1962. After passing the college entrance examination in 1979, he attended Guilin Institute of Metallurgical Geology (now Guilin University of Technology), majoring in geophysical prospecting. He taught there after his graduation. In 1986, he became a graduate student at Central South University of Technology (now Central South University).

Political career

After graduating in May 1989, he was assigned as an official to the Guangzhou Institute of Building Science, and was promoted to its president in March 1998. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1992. In August 1999, he became the vice chairman and vice general manager of Guangzhou Construction Group Co. Ltd., rising to chairman and general manager in June 2000. he served as deputy director of Guangzhou Municipal Construction Commission in July 2001, and was promoted to director in May 2003. He was appointed as secretary-general of Guangzhou Municipal People's Government in March 2007, and in June 2010 was admitted as a member of the standing committee of the CCP Guangzhou Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He was vice mayor of Guangzhou in December 2011, and held that office until September 2015, when he was made deputy party secretary of Guangzhou and secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission. He was promoted to be party secretary of Zhongshan in September 2016, concurrently serving as chairman of its People's Congress since January 2017.^[2] In July 2017, he was promoted to deputy party secretary and acting mayor of Shenzhen, confirmed on August 22.^[3] In April 2021, he took office as vice chairman of Guangdong People's Congress.^[4]

Downfall

On 1 June 2022, Chen was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" 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.^[5] On 30 December 2022, he was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from public office.^[6]

On 18 January 2023, Chen was arrested by the Supreme People's Procuratorate for suspected bribe taking.^[7]

On 6 August 2024, Chen was sentenced to life in jail for taking bribes valued at more than 108 million yuan ($15 million).^[8] He was deprived of his political rights for life, and all his personal assets were confiscated.^[8]

References

^ "Senior Guangdong provincial legislator under probe". xinhuanet.com. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ Zhang Xiangyu (张翔宇) (6 August 2017). 陈旭东任中山市委书记前任陈如桂已任深圳代市长. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (22 August 2017). 陈如桂当选深圳市市长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (22 January 2022). 黄宁生、叶贞琴、陈如桂、张硕辅当选广东省人大常委会副主任. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ 广东省人大常委会党组成员、副主任陈如桂接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查. ccdi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ 深圳原市长陈如桂被双开. zaobao.com.sg (in Chinese). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "Former Shenzhen Mayor Admits Taking $15 Million in Bribes". caixinglobal. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Chen Rugui sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery". Chinadaily. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

Party political offices
Preceded by Xue Xiaofeng [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Zhongshan 2016–2017	Succeeded by Chen Xudong
Assembly seats
Preceded by Xue Xiaofeng [zh]	Chairman of Zhongshan Municipal People's Congress 2017	Succeeded by Chen Xudong
Government offices
Preceded by Xu Qin	Mayor of Shenzhen 2017–2021	Succeeded by Qin Weizhong