(Beijing Comprehensive News) Zhou Jiangyong, the former secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, opened the trial of the first instance of the bribery case. Zhou Jiangyong was charged with more than 193 million yuan (more than S $ 37 million) in 20 years.He pleaded guilty and regrets in court, and the court would pronounce the time.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Intermediate People's Court of Luzhou City, Anhui Province opened on Thursday (April 27) in Anhui Province, and publicly tried the Zhou Jiangyong bribery case.

The People's Procuratorate of Luzhou City, Anhui Province, accused Zhou Jiangyong from 2001 to 2021, using the convenience of his position and the convenience conditions formed by power and status, and for the relevant units and individuals in terms of engineering construction, project contracting, land acquisition and other mattersProvide help, directly or through their relatives to accept other people's property illegally, a total of more than 193 million yuan.The procuratorial organs were requested to investigate Zhou Jiangyong's criminal responsibility for bribery.

Public information shows that Zhou Jiangyong, 56, is a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang. He was the mayor of Zhoushan City, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee, Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, and Secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee.He dismissed in August 2021 and was notified of "double opening" (expel public office and party campaign) in January last year.

The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported at the time that Zhou Jiangyong "linked with capital and supported the disorderly expansion of capital", "should ask private business owners to ask for illegal selection and appoint cadres", "guys who illegally receive huge property and family corruption"EssenceChina Economic Weekly pointed out that Zhou Jiangyong was the first "tiger" accused of "linked to capital with capital and supports capital expansion".

China CCTV's previous anti -corruption feature film zero tolerance disclosed that Zhou Jiangyong evaded supervision through "one family, two systems". He and his brother Zhou Jianyong were in politics and business respectively.

The documentary also disclosed that Zhou Jiangyong used power to provide core resources for Youcheng United Information Technology Development Co., Ltd., a joint venture founded by Zhou Jianyong and others.Zhou Jianyong once said that Youcheng and investor Alibaba (Ant Financial) joined hands to cultivate Ningbo and export Zhejiang to facing the country.