Zhao Changfu

Zhao Changfu
Zhao Changfu
赵长富
Chairman of the Standing Committee of Yingkou Municipal People's Congress
	In office; January 2017 – January 2021
Preceded by	Wu Hansheng
Succeeded by	Li Qiang [zh]
Communist Party Secretary of Yingkou
	In office; August 2016 – January 2021
Preceded by	Wu Hansheng
Succeeded by	Li Qiang [zh]
Mayor of Yingkou
	In office; October 2015 – January 2016
Preceded by	Ge Lefu [zh]
Succeeded by	Yu Gongbin [zh]
Personal details
Born	January 1961 (age 63); China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1982–2023; expelled)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	赵长富
Traditional Chinese	趙長富
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Chángfù

Zhao Changfu (Chinese: 赵长富; born January 1961) is a former Chinese politician. As of November 2022 he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in November 2022.

Biography

Zhao was born in January 1961.^[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1982, and entered the workforce in August 1983.^[1]

He successively served as deputy secretary of the Dandong Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, deputy party secretary of the Fengcheng and mayor of Fengcheng Municipal People's Government, party secretary of Fengcheng and chairman of the Standing Committee of Fengcheng Municipal People's Congress, and vice mayor of Dandong Municipal People's Government.^[1]

He was deputy director of Liaoning Provincial Environmental Protection Department in March 2009, in addition to serving as director of the Office of the Management Committee of Dahuofang Water Source Protection Area since December 2013.^[1]

He served as mayor of Yingkou from October 2015 to January 2016,^[2]^[3] and party secretary, the top political position in the city, from August 2016 to January 2021.^[1]^[4]^[5] He also served as chairman of the Standing Committee of Yingkou Municipal People's Congress between January 2017 and January 2021.^[1]

He retired in January 2021.^[1]

Downfall

On 1 November 2022, Zhao handed himself in 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.^[6] His successor Wang Baisheng [zh], also chairman of Yingkou Municipal People's Congress, turned himself in to the anti-corruption agency of China, in the same month.^[7]

On 10 May 2023, he was expelled from the CCP and his retirement benefits were cancelled.^[6] On June 13, he was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes. In September, he stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of Chaoyang on charges of taking bribes.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 营口市委原书记赵长富，主动投案. qq.com (in Chinese). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ Yi Yi (伊一) (15 January 2016). 赵长富当选营口市长(图/简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (2 October 2016). 营口十二届市委常委简历(书记赵长富副书记余功斌、吴绍维). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ 赵长富出任辽宁营口市委书记，原书记吴汉圣已升任省委常委. thepaper (in Chinese). 2 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (17 January 2021). 李强任营口市委书记赵长富不再担任(图/简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b 首次披露！被控“容留他人吸食毒品”的省公安厅副厅长，案件有新进展. qq.com (in Chinese). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ 营口市人大常委会原主任王百胜被“双开”：违规向领导干部赠送钱款. sina (in Chinese). 15 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ Li Tiezhu (李铁柱) (13 June 2023). 辽宁营口市委原书记赵长富被公诉曾被批不重视家风建设. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 April 2024.

Government offices
Preceded by Ge Lefu [zh]	Mayor of Yingkou 2015–2016	Succeeded by Yu Gongbin [zh]
Party political offices
Preceded by Wu Hansheng	Communist Party Secretary of Yingkou 2016–2021	Succeeded by Li Qiang [zh]
Assembly seats
Preceded by Wu Hansheng	Chairman of the Standing Committee of Yingkou Municipal People's Congress 2017–2021	Succeeded by Li Qiang [zh]