Wang Wulong

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Wang Wulong
王武龙
Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress
In office
January 2003 – November 2006
ChairmanLi Yuanchao
Wang Shouting [zh]
Chairman of Nanjing Municipal People's Congress
In office
January 1998 – January 2003
Preceded byGu Hao [zh]
Succeeded byLi Yuanchao
Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing
In office
June 1995 – October 2001
DeputyWang Hongmin [zh] (mayor)
Preceded byGu Hao [zh]
Succeeded byLi Yuanchao
Mayor of Nanjing
In office
June 1993 – December 1994
Party SecretaryGu Hao [zh]
Preceded byWang Rongbing [zh]
Succeeded byWang Hongmin [zh]
Mayor of Xuzhou
In office
April 1990 – May 1991
Party SecretaryZheng Liangyu [zh]
Li Yangzhen
Preceded byXu Zhonglin [zh]
Succeeded byWang Xilong [zh]
Personal details
BornFebruary 1942 (age 82)
Huai'an County, Jiangsu, Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1965–2006; expelled)
Alma materNanjing Forestry University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese王武龙
Traditional Chinese王武龍

Wang Wulong (Chinese: 王武龙; born February 1942) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in east China's Jiangsu province. He was investigated by the party's anti-graft watchdog in October 2006. Previously he served as vice chairman of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress. He served as chairman of Nanjing Municipal People's Congress and before that, party secretary and mayor of Nanjing. He was an alternate member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was the first vice ministerial-level official in Nanjing to be targeted by anti-corruption authorities since 2008, before Yang Weize, Ji Jianye, Miao Ruilin, and Zhang Jinghua.[1]

Biography[edit]

Wang was born in Huai'an County (now Huai'an), Jiangsu, in February 1942. In 1962, he entered Nanjing Forestry University, majoring in chemical technology of forest products. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1965. After university, he met the Cultural Revolution and became a sent-down youth at Red Flag Farm in August 1968. In February 1970, he was assigned to Xuzhou Electrolytic Chemical Plant, where he worked for over seven years. He became deputy director of Xuzhou Chemical Industry Institute in August 1977, factory deputy director of Xuzhou Gas Factory in March 1980, and party secretary of Xuzhou Chemical Plant in May 1981.

He got involved in politics in March 1983, when he was appointed vice mayor of Xuzhou. In October 1989, he was named acting mayor, replacing Xu Zhonglin [zh]. He was installed as mayor in April 1990. In May 1991, he became deputy director of Jiangsu Provincial Planning and Economy Committee, rising to director the next year. He became mayor of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, in March 1994, and then party secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in June 1995. He concurrently served as chairman of Nanjing Municipal People's Congress since January 1998. During his tenure as mayor, he ordered relevant departments to cut down the street trees on the main roads of Nanjing in order to make the city brighter, which was opposed by the media and the Nanjing people jokingly called him "Mayor of Cutting Trees" (砍树市长).[2] In January 2003, he took office as vice chairman of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

Downfall[edit]

On 31 October 2006, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and accepting bribes" by the party's disciplinary body.[3] His qualification for delegates to the 10th National People's Congress was terminated. Soon after, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and dismissed from public office.[3]

On 19 December 2007, he stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of Hefei on charges of taking bribes.[4] Prosecutors accused Wang of taking advantage of his different positions between 1995 and 2006 to seek profits for various companies and individuals in land development, in return for bribes paid in cash or gifts worth more than 6.8 million yuan (about $0.9 million) personally or through his family members.[4]

On 31 January 2008, he was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Hefei for bribery, suspended for two years, deprived him of political rights for life, and confiscated all his personal property.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chui Man-kit (徐文傑) (2 December 2021). 首位十九屆中央候補委員落馬　張敬華予人最深印象：傳豪花6百萬為知名女DJ慶生. hkcnews.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. ^ Li Shenbo (李慎波) (6 November 2006). 江苏高官王武龙落马内幕:被市民戏称为砍树市长. sina (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Jiangsu party official under probe: report". South China Morning Post. 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b Wu Yihuo (吴贻伙) (20 December 2007). 江苏省人大原副主任王武龙受贿680万 拒绝认罪. Sohu (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ^ Zhang Li (张立) (1 February 2008). 收受两公司贿赂683万余元 江苏省人大常委会原副主任王武龙一审被判死. spp.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Xuzhou
1990–1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Nanjing
1993–1994 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing
1995–2001 		Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairman of Nanjing Municipal People's Congress
1998–2003 		Succeeded by
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