The State Administration of Discipline Inspection of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was reported on Wednesday. Li Xiaopeng, former party secretary and chairman of the Everbright Group, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Yang Danxu Beijing Special Commissioner

[email protected]

The anti -corruption storm in China has continued to upgrade. After Liu Lianzhang, the former chairman of the Bank of China, Liu Lianzheng, after six days, Li Xiaopeng, former chairman of the large state -owned financial holding company Everbright Group, was also officially announced.

The scholars interviewed and judged that this round of financial anti -corruption and the reform of China's financial regulatory agencies were synchronized to rectify financial systems and prevent financial risks; more "big fish" surfaced in the financial field is expected to surface.

The State Administration of Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China reported on Wednesday (April 5) that Li Xiaopeng, the former party secretary and chairman of the Everbright Group, was suspected of serious disciplinary violations and is currently undergoing discipline review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Li Xiaopeng is the former head of the second large -scale financial institution who has fallen in a week.The official reported on Friday (March 31) that Liu Lianzhang, the former party secretary and chairman of the Bank of China, was suspected of serious disciplinary violations and was undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Everbright Group was established by the Ministry of Finance and Huijin Company in 1983. It is one of the three major financial holding companies in China's central level.According to the news released by Xinhua News Agency on March 27, the first round of the 20th Central Government will conduct inspections of "looking back" for the party committee of the five central management financial enterprises, including Everbright Group.

Li Xiaopeng, 65, served as the chairman of the Everbright Group at the end of 2017. He stepped down in March last year, but eventually failed to land safely.

Before serving as the "leader" of Everbright Group, Li Xiaopeng had worked at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for many years and served as the Deputy Governor of ICBC. After leaving ICBC, he also served as the Supervisor of China Investment Co., Ltd.Vice chairman and other positions.

A number of relatives and relationships have been investigated or assisted in investigation

According to Caixin.com, before Li Xiaopeng was investigated, many of his relatives and affected people had been investigated or was assisting the investigation.

Li Xiaopeng's closer subordinate jungle during the work of ICBC was recently involved in the highly anticipated Huaxing Capital Anti -Corruption Storm.When the jungle was investigated, I had left ICBC and joined Huaxing Capital. Before the Wall Street Journal, a person familiar with the matter said that as a former president of Huaxing Capital and the chairman of its Hong Kong securities subsidiary, the jungle has been lost since the end of last year.

Li Xiaopeng's dismissal, many senior officials were investigated in the Everbright system, including Zhang Huayu, the former deputy president of Everbright Bank, who had been with Li Xiaopeng, who had been a college classmate, and so on.

The official did not report the reason why Li Xiaopeng was investigated, but Caixin.com said that Li Xiaopeng had been reported to engage in the mountain culture and excessively promoted Henan cadres.Li Xiaopeng is from Nanyang, Henan.

The financial field is the focus of China's official recent anti -corruption.Li Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, mentioned at the first round of inspection and mobilization of the Central Committee on March 27 that the financial units should be urged to combine inspections and rectifications with study and implementation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on financial reform, Promote the solving outstanding problems in the financial sector.

Tang Renwu, Dean of the Government Management Research Institute of Beijing Normal University, pointed out in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that the anti -corruption in the financial field of this round was synchronized with the strong financial supervision reform in the reform of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in March and the reform of the government agency."On the one hand, it is to improve the institutional mechanism and prevent financial risks, and on the other hand, financial anti -corruption."

The Central Discipline Inspection Commission also posted in February this year, requiring "break the" financial elite theory '' 'only money theory' '' '' 'to watch the West, West Introduction', etc., and mentions that "rectify excessive pursuit of life 'refined', taste ', taste'High -end 'hedonism and extravagance ".

Peng Xinlin, a professor at the Institute of Criminal Law Sciences of Beijing Normal University, said in an interview with China News Weekly that the "financial elite theory" is essentially promoting the particularity and financial advantages of finance.The essence of power and currency capital.

Tang Renwu also pointed out that finance is an industry dealing with money, and it is easy to find rent -seeking and hunting. In recent years, many private enterprises have faced funds and need to obtain loans.soil.

He believes that Liu Lianzhang and Li Xiaopeng were investigated "just the beginning", "financial anti -corruption will still advance in depth, and corrupt elements of financial institutions are expected to surface."