On the 20th, the Intermediate People's Court of Weinan City, Shaanxi Province publicly pronounced a verdict on the case of Yang Jianxun, former deputy secretary of the party committee and secretary of the discipline inspection committee of China Shaanxi Nuclear Industry Group Corporation, for corruption, bribery, and unknown sources of huge amounts of property.Yang Jianxun was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined 1.5 million yuan for corruption, bribery, and the crime of unknown sources of huge amounts of property.

Combing the trial information shows that the amount involved in the case totaled more than 27.516 million yuan.

The court found that when Yang Jianxun was the director of the Chang'an Branch of the Xi'an Land and Resources Bureau, he took advantage of his position to arrange for the financial personnel of his unit and its subordinate units, the Land Reserve Center and Xi'an Changdi Survey and Mapping Company, to transfer from Xi'an Century Jinhua, Zhongda International, Golden Eagle International and other shopping malls to purchase shopping cards, and write them off from the unit's account in the name of office supplies, etc. From March 2, 2010 to December 21, 2013, Yang Jianxun bought 7430.22 grams of gold, a Rolex watch, and an Earl watch for himself 13 times in shopping malls such as Xi'an Century Golden Flower, Zhongda International, and Golden Eagle International.Yes, the total cost is 2,915,042.36 yuan, of which 2,262,335.7 yuan was spent using unit shopping cards. From March 2003 to August 2013, Yang Jianxun took advantage of his position as director of the Yanliang Branch and Chang'an Branch of the Xi'an Land and Resources Bureau to accept other people's property in matters such as land use change and transfer, and seek benefits for others.Cash RMB, bank cards, gold, watches, US dollars, etc. are equivalent to RMB 13,016,238 in total. After the incident, Yang Jianxun voluntarily handed over the RMB, gold, watches, and US dollars involved in the case.Among them are RMB, unknown shopping cards, U.S. dollars, euros, Hong Kong dollars, gold bars, watches, etc., which are equivalent to 11,584,838.86 yuan in total, and the source cannot be explained. The court held that Yang Jianxun, as a national employee, took advantage of his position as the director of the Chang'an Branch of the Xi'an Land and Resources Bureau to use the public funds of his unit and his subordinate units to purchase shopping mall shopping cards, part of which was used for personal purchases of gold and watches.Owned, the amount of crime is huge, his behavior has constituted a crime of corruption, and should be punished according to law; he took advantage of his position as the director of the Yanliang Branch and Chang'an Branch of the Xi'an Land and Resources Bureau, to deal with matters such as land use change, land use right acquisition and transfer, etc.Seeking benefits for others, illegally accepting other people's property, the amount is particularly huge, his behavior has constituted the crime of accepting bribes, and should be punished according to law; among the properties he handed over to the case-handling agency, except for watches that can explain the legal source and those who have been identified as corrupt and accepting bribesIn addition to the property obtained by crime, there is also a particularly huge amount of property whose source cannot be explained, and his behavior constitutes the crime of unknown source of huge amount of property, which should also be punished according to law, and should be punished concurrently with the crimes of corruption and bribery. The public prosecution agency accused him of the crime and the facts were established.In view of the fact that Yang Jianxun’s corruption crimes have confessed circumstances, bribery crimes and huge property crimes have surrendered circumstances, and he has voluntarily handed over all the property involved in the case, he has a good attitude of pleading guilty and shows remorse, and he can be given a lighter punishment according to law.The above judgment was made by law. After the verdict was pronounced, Yang Jianxun did not appeal in court.During his official career, Yang Jianxun's uninterrupted hobby is collecting watches.After the incident, he handed in 13 watches.

So, how much is Yang Jianxun's watch worth, and where did it come from? In May of this year, Yang Jianxun was prosecuted. According to the prosecution, from March 2003 to July 2009, Yang Jianxun took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others. Among the property he received were 4 watches worth 259,150 yuan.

In other words, the average value of each of these four watches received about ten years ago is 64,800 yuan. According to public information, Yang Jianxun was born in April 1962 in Xi'an, Shaanxi. He started working in November 1980. He has a postgraduate degree from the Party School of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and a doctorate in business administration from Xi'an Jiaotong University. He was once the director of the Political Work Department of China Shaanxi Nuclear Industry Group.Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nuclear Industry Group.

To sum up, the above information shows that Yang Jianxun’s violations of discipline and law did not occur during his tenure in China Shaanxi Nuclear Industry Group, but mainly concentrated from 2003 to 2013, when he was the director of the Yanliang Branch and the Chang’an Branch of the Xi’an Land and Resources Bureau. However, Zhang Kuanmin, his old leader in the China Shaanxi Nuclear Industry Group and the former chairman of the group, was filed, dismissed, and double-dismissed on the same day as him.

Zhang Kuanmin and Yang Jianxun (data map)

On January 22, 2017, the Shaanxi Provincial Procuratorate filed a case for investigation against Zhang Kuanmin and Yang Jianxun and took compulsory arrest measures. On March 10, the Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Zhang Kuanmin and Yang Jianxun were under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline. On November 13, the two were double-opened on the same day.In the circular issued by the Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Zhang Kuanmin’s disciplinary violations occurred during his tenure as the deputy director and director of the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and the party secretary and chairman of the China Shaanxi Nuclear Industry Group. Yang Jianxun’s disciplinary violations did not mention the China Shaanxi Nuclear Industry Group. According to public information, from October 2012 to July 2014, Zhang Kuanmin was the chairman of the Zhongshan Nuclear Industry Group, Yang Jianxun was the director of the Political Department at that time, and he was the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee in November 2013.