Recently, the official website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been updated, showing that Zhan Chengfu, director of the social organization management bureau of the Ministry and director of the NGO Service Center, has been promoted to vice minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Zhan Chengfu, 54 years old (born in November 1963), is a native of Shangcheng, Henan. In 2015, he served as the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The Social Organization Administration is one of the departments and bureaus within the Ministry of Civil Affairs, responsible for formulating registration and management measures for social organizations, foundations, and private non-enterprise units.The predecessor of the Administration of Social Organizations was the Administration of Civil Organizations. It was officially renamed in August 2016 and can be called the National Administration of Social Organizations.

The Social Organization Service Center is a public institution directly under the Ministry of Civil Affairs (bureau level), mainly responsible for the service work of registration and annual inspection of social organizations, foundations, private non-enterprise units and foreign-related social organizations registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

In the past two years, the leadership of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been adjusted several times after the Welfare Lottery corruption nest case.

In October 2016, the Ministry of Civil Affairs held a meeting of cadres, announcing that Huang Shuxian was appointed Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.In November of the same year, the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress voted to remove Huang Shuxian from the post of Minister of Supervision and appointed him Minister of Civil Affairs.

In February 2017, Sun Shaocheng, then member of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor, was transferred to the Deputy Secretary and Deputy Minister of the Party Group of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In May of the same year, he was transferred to the Party Secretary and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources., served as Minister of Veterans Affairs in March 2018.

In July 2017, Gong Tanghua, then director of the Third Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, succeeded Jia Yulin as the head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

After the National Two Sessions in March 2018, Tang Chengpei, then member of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, Secretary-General, and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, was transferred to be the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Gong Puguang, who was 61 years old, resigned as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and transferred to the Deputy Director of the Social Construction Committee of the National People's Congress.Member; Wang Jianjun, then member of the party group of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, president of the China Association for the Aged, secretary of the party group of the Office of the National Working Committee on Aging, and executive deputy director Wang Jianjun, was transferred to a member of the party group of the National Health Commission.

At present, the leadership of the Ministry of Civil Affairs includes: Minister Huang Shuxian, Vice Ministers Gu Chaoxi, Tang Chengpei, Gao Xiaobing, Gong Tanghua, head of the Disciplinary Inspection Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Deputy Minister, Director of the Social Organization Administration (Social Organization Law Enforcement Supervision Bureau, Social Work Department),Zhan Chengfu, director of the Social Organization Service Center.

Since the beginning of 2017, senior officials involved in the Welfare Lottery corruption case of the Ministry of Civil Affairs have been investigated one after another.

In January 2017, Luo Dongchuan, then director of the case trial office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, confirmed that Li Liguo, former Minister of Civil Affairs, and Dou Yupei, former Vice Minister, were being reviewed by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection due to problems reported during inspections and public reports.In February of the same year, the decision on Li Liguo and Dou Yupei's handling was announced. The two were characterized as serious dereliction of duty, Li Liguo was demoted to the rank of deputy bureau, and Dou Yupei was retired early.

In June 2017, Qu Shuhui, who had served as the head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was demoted to a non-leading position at the director level.Qu Shuhui worked in the Ministry of Civil Affairs for eight years. From 2008 to 2016, he served as the head of the discipline inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In May 2016, he was transferred to the National Ethnic Affairs Commission.

In April 2017, Chen Chuanshu, who was once the director of the Lottery Issuance Management Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was later promoted to a member of the party group of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the chairman of the China Association for the Elderly, was demoted to the bureau level and retired when he was investigated.

In August 2017, the decision of the two officials involved in the Welfare Lottery Corruption Case of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was announced. Bao Xuequan, the former director of the China Welfare Lottery Issuance Management Center, and Wang Yunge, the former deputy director, were expelled from the party and public office for serious violations of discipline, and they were suspected of committing crimes.Questions, clues, and the money and materials involved are transferred to judicial organs for handling according to law.■