Qi Jianxin (Chinese: 齐建新; born January 1965) is a former Chinese politician of Tibetan ethnicity who spent his entire career in his home province Yunnan. As of April 2024, he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. Previously he served as governor of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Qi Jianxin | |||||||
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齐建新 | |||||||
| Governor of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | |||||||
| In office September 2015 – February 2022 | |||||||
| Deputy | Jiang Chu (executive vice governor) Yang Zhengyi (vice governor) | ||||||
| Party Secretary | Yin Bai Gu Kun Wang Yizhi | ||||||
| Preceded by | Huang Zhenghong | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhang Weidong | ||||||
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| Born | January 1965 (age 59) Shangri-La City, Yunnan, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 齐建新 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 齊建新 | ||||||
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Career
editQi was born in Shangri-La City, Yunnan, in January 1965.[1] He entered politics in December 1985.[1] He successively served as deputy director of the Personnel and Labor Bureau of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, director of the Labor and Social Security Bureau, executive deputy head of the Organization Department of the CCP Diqing Prefecture Committee, secretary of the CCP Deqin County Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Baoshan Municipal Committee and secretary of the Baoshan Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, and a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefectural Committee and secretary of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefectural Commission for Discipline Inspection.[1] Qi was elevated to deputy party secretary of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in March 2015.[1] In September of that same year, he was named acting governor, confirmed in February 2016.[1] He retired in February 2022 and was recruited as a counselor of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government.[2]
Downfall
editOn 9 April 2024, he surrendered himself to 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]
His deputies, vice governor Yang Zhengyi (杨正义) handed himself into the anti-corruption agency on 17 July 2023;[3] executive vice governor Jiang Chu (江楚) turned himself into the anti-corruption agency on 29 February 2024.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Yi Yi (伊一) (29 September 2015). 齐建新任迪庆州代州长 黄政红辞任州长职务(图/简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Ma Zhenglin (马正麟) (12 February 2022). 【人事】云南省人民政府关于聘任齐建新同志为省人民政府参事的通知. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Wang Wei (王韡) (10 April 2024). 常务副州长投案后，云南迪庆原州长齐建新也主动投案. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 April 2024.