Nie Chunyu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Nie.

Nie Chunyu (Chinese: 聂春玉; born July 1955) is a former Chinese politician from Shanxi province. He served on the province's party Standing Committee, and as the Secretary-General of the Party Committee, a position responsible for the coordination and execution of routine party work. Prior to that he served as the Head of the party's provincial United Front Work Department, and Party Secretary of Lüliang. He was removed from office in August 2014 along with several high-ranking colleagues, and placed under investigation for corruption by the party's anti-graft agency.

Nie Chunyu
聂春玉
Secretary-General of the Shanxi Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
In office February 2013 – August 2014
Preceded by	Du Shanxue
Succeeded by	Wang Weizhong
Head of the United Front Work Department of Shanxi Province
In office January 2011 – February 2013
Preceded by	Li Zhengyu
Succeeded by	Bai Yun
Communist Party Secretary of Lüliang
In office February 2006 – January 2011
Preceded by	Guo Hailiang (郭海亮)
Succeeded by	Du Shanxue
Mayor of Lüliang
In office July 2004 – February 2006
Preceded by	(City founded)
Succeeded by	Dong Hongyun
Personal details
Born	July 1955 (age 69) Houma, Shanxi, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (expelled)
Alma mater	Liaoning Technical University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	聶春玉
Simplified Chinese	聂春玉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Niè Chūnyù

Career

Nie was born and raised in Houma, Shanxi, he graduated from Liaoning Technical University, majoring in surveying.

He got involved in politics in October 1976 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in August 1973.

After college, he was assigned to Houma as local official. Beginning in 1984, he served in several posts in Shanxi, including division head, director, and party secretary.

In March 2004 he became the Deputy CPC Party Chief of Lüliang, rising to Party Chief in 2006. He also served as the mayor of Lüliang between July 2004 to February 2006. In January 2011, he was elevated to the head of the United Front Work Department of the provincial Party committee and became a Standing Committee member of the CPC Shanxi Committee. Two years later, he became secretary general of the standing committee.

Downfall

On August 23, 2014, Nie Chunyu was being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for "serious violations of laws and regulations". On August 28, he was removed from office. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection concluded on February 3, 2015, that Nie had "used the convenience of his office to seek gain for others and took a huge amount of bribes, took monetary and other gifts; and committed adultery." On October 19, 2016, Nie was sentenced to 15 years for guilty of bribery.