Former Inner Mongolia official executed for corruption-related crimes

Li Jianping, a former official in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of corruption, bribery, misappropriation of public funds and collusion with a criminal syndicate.

According to the Supreme People's Court, China's top court, it approved the execution of Li, former secretary of the Party working committee of the Hohhot economic and technological development zone. It was carried out by a local court in Inner Mongolia.

The top court has verified that Li, leveraging his position, illegally appropriated over 1.437 billion yuan ($220 million) from state-owned company funds through deceptive means, of which more than 289 million yuan has yet to be gained.

Additionally, he accepted bribes totaling over 577 million yuan in exchange for providing benefits to others. Moreover, Li embezzled over 1.06 billion yuan in public funds, with more than 404 million yuan still unrecovered before the case was exposed.

Furthermore, as a government official, Li condoned the illegal activities of organized criminal gangs.

The death sentence of Li was initially issued in 2022 and upheld on appeal in 2024.