Jiao Lansheng

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Jiao Lansheng
焦兰生
Chairman of Yangjiang Municipal People's Congress
In office
January 2019 – May 2021
Preceded byChen Xiaoshan [zh]
Succeeded byFeng Ling [zh]
Communist Party Secretary of Yangjiang
In office
October 2018 – May 2021
DeputyWen Zhanbin [zh] (mayor)
Preceded byChen Xiaoshan [zh]
Succeeded byLin Daoping [zh]
Mayor of Zhongshan
In office
May 2016 – October 2018
Party SecretaryChen Rugui
Chen Xudong [zh]
Preceded byChen Liangxian [zh]
Succeeded byWei Weihan
Personal details
BornMay 1962 (age 61)
Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1985–2023; expelled)
Alma materXi'an University of Architecture and Technology
Sun Yat-sen University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Jiao Lansheng (Chinese: 焦兰生; born May 1962) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in south China's Guangdong province. As of November 2022 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency. Previously he served as party secretary of Yangjiang and mayor of Zhongshan.

He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Early life and education[edit]

Jiao was born in Lanzhou, Gansu, in May 1962, while his ancestral home in Changyuan, Henan.[1] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he was accepted to Xi'an Institute of Metallurgical Architecture (now Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology), where he majored in industrial and civil buildings.[1]

Political career[edit]

After university in 1982, Jiao worked at China Nonferrous Metals Third Construction Company and than the Zhuhai Real Estate Development Management Office.[1]

Jiao joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1985.[1] He got involved in politics in October 1993, when he was appointed deputy director of the Zhuhai Municipal Infrastructure Land Development Management Center.[1] He assumed various administrative and political roles in Zhuhai, including director of Zhuhai Environmental Protection Bureau (2001–2004), director of Zhuhai Lingang Industrial Zone Management Committee (2004–2006), director of Zhuhai Gaolangang Economic Zone Management Committee (2006–2008), party secretary of Doumen District (2008–2012), chairman of the People's Congress of Doumen District (2008–2012), and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Zhuhai Municipal Committee (2011–2014).[1] He also served as vice mayor of Yangjiang from December 2013 to April 2016.[1]

In April 2016, he was named acting mayor of Zhongshan, confirmed in the following month.[1]

In October 2018, he was recalled to Yangjiang. He was appointed party secretary, concurrently serving as chairman of its People's Congress.[2][3]

Investigation[edit]

On 7 November 2022, he has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws and regulations" 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] Wei Weihan, his successor in Zhongshan, was disgraced on 19 April 2024.[5]

On 6 April 2023, he was expelled from the CCP and removed from public office.[6] He was detained by the Dongguan People's Procuratorate on May 8.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (23 January 2017). 中山新一届市长、副市长简历(市长焦兰生). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (18 October 2018). 中山市长焦兰生调任阳江市委书记 陈小山不再担任. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  3. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (19 January 2019). 焦兰生当选阳江市人大常委会主任. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ^ 广东省阳江市委原书记焦兰生接受纪律审查和监察调查. ccdi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 7 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  5. ^ Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (19 April 2024). 广东厅官危伟汉被查:连续两任中山市长先后落马. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  6. ^ Liu Yilong (刘艺龙) (6 April 2023). 曾与“老虎”搭班子的市委原书记被“双开”,通报现罕见表述. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  7. ^ Wang Hui (王卉) (8 May 2023). 广东省阳江市委原书记焦兰生等3名厅官被决定逮捕. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Zhongshan
2016–2018
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Chen Xiaoshan
Communist Party Secretary of Yangjiang
2018–2021
Succeeded by
Lin Daoping
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairman of Yangjiang Municipal People's Congress
2019–2021
Succeeded by