Cao Jiongfang
曹炯芳
Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial People's Congress
In office
January 2022 – March 2022
ChairmanZhang Qingwei
Preceded byHu Bojun [zh]
Succeeded byTBA
Chairman of the Standing Committee of Xiangtan Municipal People's Congress
In office
April 2016 – July 2021
Preceded byChen Sanxin
Succeeded byZhou Xiaoli
Communist Party Secretary of Xiangtan
In office
March 2016 – July 2021
DeputyHu Weilin [zh]
Tan Wensheng
Zhang Yingchun (mayor)
Preceded byChen Sanxin
Succeeded byZhang Yingchun [zh]
Personal details
BornMay 1964 (age 59)
Li County, Hunan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materXiangtan University

Cao Jiongfang (Chinese: 曹炯芳; pinyin: Cáo Jiǒngfāng; born May 1964) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in central China's Hunan province. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in March 2022. Previously he served as secretary-general of the Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial People's Congress and before that, party secretary of Xiangtan.

Biography

Cao was born in Li County, Hunan, in May 1964. After resuming the college entrance examination in 1981, he was admitted to Xiangtan University, majoring in Marxism.

After graduating in 1988, he was assigned as an editor to Learning Guide, the organ newspaper of the Propaganda Department of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1992. In August 1992, he was transferred to the General Office of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee. In February 2004, he was appointed secretary-general of CCP Xiangtan Municipal Committee and was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Xiangtan Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. In September 2006, he became head of its Organization Department. In September 2010, he became deputy director of the Research Office of Hunan Provincial People's Government, rising to director in April 2012. In May 2013, he took office as director of the Political Research Office of the CCP Hunan Provincial Committee. In March 2016, he was made party secretary of Xiangtan, concurrently serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of Xiangtan Municipal People's Congress since April of the same year.[1][2] He served as deputy secretary-general of the Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial People's Congress in July 2021, and four months later promoted to the secretary-general position.[3]

Downfall

On 3 March 2022, he was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" 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.[4] His predecessor Chen Sanxin was sacked for graft in May 2018.[5]

References

  1. ^ Xia Bo (夏博) (10 January 2017). 曹炯芳当选湘潭市人大常委会主任 谈文胜当选市长. hunan.voc.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (10 July 2021). 张迎春任湘潭市委书记 曹炯芳另有任用. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (31 July 2021). 曹炯芳任湖南省人大常委会副秘书长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ^ He Xin (何欣) (3 March 2022). 湖南省人大常委会党组成员、秘书长曹炯芳接受审查调查. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ^ Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (11 May 2018). 湖南省政协原副秘书长陈三新被查，曾任湘潭市委书记. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
Party political offices Preceded byChen Sanxin Communist Party Secretary of Xiangtan 2016–2021 Succeeded byZhang Yingchun [zh] Assembly seats Preceded byChen Sanxin Chairman of the Standing Committee of Xiangtan Municipal People's Congress 2016–2021 Succeeded byZhou Xiaoli (周晓理) Preceded byHu Bojun [zh] Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial People's Congress 2022 Succeeded byTBA
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