Wang Minghui

Wang Minghui
Wang Minghui
王铭晖
Vice Chairman of Sichuan People's Congress
	In office; May 2020 – January 2022
Chairman	Peng Qinghua
Personal details
Born	February 1960 (age 64); Ziyang, Sichuan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1980–2022; expelled)
Alma mater	Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	王铭晖
Traditional Chinese	王銘暉
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wáng Mínghuī

Wang Minghui (Chinese: 王铭晖; born February 1960) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in southwest China's Sichuan province. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in January 2022.^[1]^[2] Previously he served as vice chairman of Sichuan People's Congress.^[2] He is the fourth vice-ministerial level official to be targeted by China's top anticorruption watchdog in 2022, after Zhang Yongze, Wang Bin, and Liu Hongwu.^[2] He was a delegate to the 11th and 12th National People's Congress. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Wang was born in Ziyang County (now Ziyang), Sichuan, in February 1960.

He got involved in politics in December 1977, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1980. He was deputy party secretary of Ziyang from March 1990 to December 1992 and deputy party secretary of Lezhi County from December 1992 to April 1998. He was appointed deputy party secretary of Neijiang in July 2005, concurrently holding the mayor position. He became deputy secretary-general of CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee and director of its General Office in June 2007, and served until January 2013, when he was made party secretary of Yibin.^[3] It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a city. In June 2016, he was promoted to become vice governor of Sichuan,^[4] concurrently serving as secretary-general of CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee.^[5] In May 2020, he took office as vice chairman of Sichuan People's Congress.^[6]

Downfall

On 22 January 2022, he has been placed under investigation for "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.^[7] On 29 July 2022, he was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from public office.^[8]

References

^ "Senior Sichuan provincial legislator under probe". chinadaily.com. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Zhang Yu (张玉) (22 January 2022). 打虎！四川省人大常委会副主任王铭晖被查. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ Qin Jing (秦静) (6 February 2013). 杨冬生调任四川省国土厅厅长王铭晖接任宜宾市委书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ Liu Jia (刘佳) (1 June 2016). 遂宁市委书记杨洪波、宜宾市委书记王铭晖出任四川省副省长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (31 March 2017). 王铭晖接替吴靖平出任四川省委秘书长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ Zheng Yapeng (郑亚鹏) (12 May 2020). 王宁、王铭晖当选为四川省人大常委会副主任. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ 四川人大常委会副主任王铭晖被查. zaobao.com.sg (in Chinese). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ 王铭晖被“双开”，谢计来被开除党籍. qq.com (in Chinese). 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Ye Zhuang [zh]	Mayor of Neijiang 2005–2007	Succeeded by Liu Chengming [zh]
Party political offices
Preceded by Yang Dongsheng (杨冬生)	Communist Party Secretary of Yibin 2013–2016	Succeeded by Liu Zhongbo (刘中伯)
Preceded by Wu Jinping [zh]	Secretary-General of CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee 2017–2020	Succeeded by Wang Yihong [zh]