Vice Chairman of Chongqing CPPCC, Duan Chenggang, is Arrested.

Chongqing CPPCC Party member and Vice Chairman Duan Chenggang is under investigation.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Supervisory Commission announced on March 31st that Duan Chenggang is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation.

Public records show that Duan Chenggang, 62 years old this year, is a native of Jiangbei, Chongqing. He has long served in Chongqing, serving as Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of Beibu New Area of Chongqing North in January 2014. He was also a member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing. In February 2016, he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Liangjiang New Area.

In June 2016, Duan Chenggang was transferred to serve as Secretary of the Yubei District Committee. In October 2018, he was promoted to Chongqing Municipal Committee member and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Liangjiang New Area. In January 2022, he was reassigned as Vice Chairman of the Chongqing CPPCC until his recent investigation.

Duan Chenggang is the sixth “tiger” to fall since March and the 13th mid-ranking official to be investigated this year. Prior to him, officials such as Zheng Hong, former Deputy Director of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee, Xiong Xue, former Deputy Mayor of Chongqing Municipality, and Lu Kehua, former Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee’s Political and Legal Affairs Commission, have all been investigated.

Furthermore, since last year, several individuals from Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing, where Duan Chenggang previously worked, have also been investigated. Liangjiang New Area is the third national-level development and opening-up zone approved by the State Council after Pudong New Area in Shanghai and Binhai New Area in Tianjin. The officials who have been investigated include:

In June 2024, Li Guangrong, former Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Liangjiang New Area, was investigated.

On December 16, 2024, Wu Cunrong, former Party Secretary and Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial CPPCC, was investigated. Wu Cunrong was transferred to Chongqing Municipal Committee member and Executive Deputy Mayor in 2017, and briefly served as Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Liangjiang New Area. Duan Chenggang took over as Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Liangjiang New Area after him.

On January 13, 2025, Li Jin, former Party Secretary and Chairman of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Development Investment Group Co., Ltd., and Wang Fei, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Industrial Development Group Co., Ltd., were investigated.

On March 28, 2025, three days before Duan Chenggang’s downfall, Wang Yu, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of Chongqing Academy of Science and Technology Research Institute, was investigated. Wang Yu had previously served as a member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing.