Former Deputy Minister of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Organization Department and former Director of the Municipal Civil Servant Bureau, Li Hongwei, who fell from grace earlier this year, was officially announced to have been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and dismissed from public office on July 5, and he is now under investigation. The accusations against him include instructing others to investigate cases.
Li Hongwei is accused of obstructing the investigation; abusing his authority in the selection and appointment of cadres, as well as in the employment of workers, to seek benefits for others and accepting bribes; engaging in profit-making activities in violation of regulations, using his position to influence low-price housing purchases; instructing others to investigate cases; exploiting his position and the conveniences formed by his authority or status to seek benefits for others in personnel adjustments, project contracting, and other matters, and illegally accepting huge sums of money.
Li Hongwei’s suspected criminal issues have been transferred to the prosecutor’s office for review and prosecution after he was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from public office.
On January 18, 2025, the Tianjin Discipline Inspection Commission announced that Li Hongwei, former Deputy Minister of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Organization Department and former Director of the Municipal Civil Servant Bureau, was under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law.
Li Hongwei, male, born in March 1970 in Zhucheng, Shandong Province, joined the CCP in December 1992 and started working in July 1994.
Recently, there have been upheavals in officialdom in many parts of mainland China, with senior officials being investigated or expelled.
On the afternoon of July 4, Feng Zhibin, former member of the CCP Committee and Deputy General Manager of China National Chemical Corporation, was also announced to have fallen from grace. With this announcement, the number of senior officials who have fallen from grace this year has now reached 33.