Chairman and Secretary of Chinese Communist Dance Association Under Investigation

On April 4th, Feng Shuangbai, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Association of Dancers, and former Party Secretary and Deputy Chairman Luo Bin are under investigation. Feng Shuangbai was previously rumored to have multiple mistresses.

According to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the National Supervisory Committee stationed in the Propaganda Department and the Discipline Inspection Commission of Anhui Province, Luo Bin is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently under investigation.

Public information shows that Luo Bin, born in May 1963, holds a Ph.D. in dance, is a master’s supervisor, a member of the Chinese Dancers Association, and a member of the Chinese Nuo Opera Research Association. He has served as the director of the Dance Research Institute of the Communist Party Art Research Institute, the head of the Dance Department of the Graduate School, and the Party Secretary and Deputy Chairman of the Chinese Dancers Association.

On the same day, it was also reported that Feng Shuangbai, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Association of Dancers, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently under investigation.

Public information shows that Feng Shuangbai, born in Changchun, Jilin Province in 1954, holds a Ph.D. in arts, is a Communist Party member, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Association of Dancers, Vice Chairman of the China Literature and Art Foundation, a special researcher at the Central Research Institute of Chinese Literature and History, and a member of the 11th Presidium of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

On the 4th, it was also reported that Wei Li, Deputy Director of the Art Exchange Department of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Dance Art Center, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is being investigated.

Public information shows that Wei Li is the Secretary-General of the Social Dance Education Committee of the Chinese Dancers Association and the Deputy Director in charge of executing the “Chinese Dance Grading” teaching materials.

Public reports indicate that Feng Shuangbai and Wei Li have attended related events together on multiple occasions.

As early as May 2013, an anonymous source on the Tianya Forum revealed that Feng Shuangbai, then a member of the Communist Federation’s Presidium and a member of the National Political Consultative Conference, manipulated national dance competitions, embezzled tens of millions of RMB, owned villas worth over 20 million, had multiple real estate properties, kept three mistresses within the organization, and provided explicit photos of Feng Shuangbai’s mistresses.