Du Zi (Chinese: 杜梓; pinyin: Dù Zǐ; born June 1955) is a retired Chinese politician who spent his entire career in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.[1] He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in April 2024.[1] He has been retired for 6 years.[1] Previously he served as vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Regional People's Congress.[1]
After graduation in 1978, Du taught at Inner Mongolia Mongolian Language School.[2]
He was an editor of the Urban Edition of the Education Magazine of the CCP in March 1980, becoming deputy director in June 1984 and director in December 1989.[2]
He was transferred to Ordos in September 2001 and appointed deputy party secretary.[2] In September 2006, he was named acting mayor, confirmed in January 2007.[2] He rose to become party secretary, the top political position in the city, in November 2008.[2] He concurrently served as chairman of the People's Congress since the following month.[2]
He was appointed party secretary of Tongliao in February 2011 and nine months later was admitted to member of the CCP Tongliao Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.[2]
In January 2015, he was chosen as vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Regional People's Congress, the top legislative body of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.[1] He retired in January 2018.[1]
Downfall
On 15 April 2024, he was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" 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.[3]
Including Du Zi, five party secretaries of the Tongliao were investigated.[4] The other four are: Mo Jiancheng, Fu Tiegang, Song Liang, and Li Jiexiang.[4]Yun Guangzhong, his successor in Ordos, was sacked for graft in June 2019.[4] His colleague Xing Yun, vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Regional People's Congress from 2012 to 2016, was put under investigation in October 2018.[5] Du has been expelled from the Communist Party on 7 October 2024.[6]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.
