On March 22, 2024, the first instance of the Dalian Intermediate People's Court of Liaoning Province opened the trial of the former party group and deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Agency, He Zehua, and bribery with influence.

The People's Procuratorate of Dalian City accused: From 1998 to 2023, the defendant He Zehua successively used the members of the party group (deputy manager) of the party group (deputy manager) of the Jiangsu Tobacco Monopoly Bureau (company), the party group of the Anhui Tobacco Monopoly Bureau (Company), and the party group, andDirector and manager, general manager of Anhui Zhongyan Industry Corporation, members of the party group and deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, etc., will help relevant units and individuals in terms of corporate operations, business contracting, promotion of jobs, employees' employment, etc.Strong> illegally accepts the property given by others for more than RMB 943 million. From 2014 to 2016, after leaving, He Zehua used the former member of the party group and deputy director of the National Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, a member of the party group (company) of the Jiangsu Provincial Tobacco Monopoly Bureau (Company)Convenient conditions, through the posts of staff of other countries, seek improper benefits for relevant units and individuals in terms of tobacco business contracting, banks to pick up storage, and illegally accept the property given by others for more than RMB 1.47 million.The procuratorial organs requested He Zehua's criminal responsibility for bribery and using influence.

During the trial, the procuratorial organs showed relevant evidence. The defendant He Zehua and his defender conducted a cross -examination certificate. The two parties in the prosecution fully expressed their opinions under the auspices of the court. He Zehua made a final statement and expressed his guilty confession in court.

At the end of the court trial, the court announced the off court and pronounced it.More than 30 people from the People's Congress, members of the CPPCC, journalists, and people from all walks of life listened to the trial.

He Zehua was investigated in January last year and was expelled from the party in July of the same year.

After investigation, He Zehua lost his ideals and convictions, abandoned his original mission, was unfaithful and unrealistic about the party, and worked as a consciousness to fight the organizational review.Organizational principles, seek benefits and receive property for others in the selection and appointment of cadres; selfish desires expand, greedy, and long -term violations of business -oriented enterprises to seize huge economic benefits.Profit; private use of public instruments, alien the public power and tobacco resources in their hands into a tool for seeking private interests, engage in power and money transactions, and use their job convenience to promote the promotion of others, employee recruitment, tobacco business contracting, etc., not illegal illegalReceive huge property.

It is worth noting that He Zehua's notification of the party's family mentioned twice that he had a "huge" economic problem: "Long -term violations of business -oriented enterprises to seize huge economic benefits" and "illegally accepting huge property".Today, with the charges of the procuratorate, He Zehua's "huge" economic problem has clear numbers: RMB 943 million.

After He Zehua was investigated, the anti -corruption of the tobacco system entered a new stage.

In October last year, Ling Chengxing, the former party secretary and director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, was investigated; in January of this year, Xu Weihua, the director of the Economic Operation of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, was investigated.