Gu Chunli
{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
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| office1 = Vice-Governor of Jilin
| term_start1 = January 2013
| term_end1 = August 2015
| governor1 = Jiang Chaoliang
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| office2 = Communist Party Secretary of Anshan
| term_start2 = August 2010
| term_end2 = January 2013
| predecessor2 = Zhang Jiehui
| successor2 = Wang Shiwei
| office3 = Mayor of Anshan
| term_start3 = April 2006
| term_end3 = August 2010
| predecessor3 = Zhang Jiehui
| successor3 = Wang Yang
| name = Gu Chunli
| native_name = {{nobold|谷春立}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957|7}}
| birth_place = Jinzhou, Liaoning, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party (1984–2015; expelled)
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| alma_mater = Northeastern University
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Gu Chunli ({{lang-zh|s=谷春立|p=Gǔ Chūnlì}}; born July 1957) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in Northeast China's Liaoning province. He was investigated by the Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft agency in August 2015. He previously served as the Vice-Governor of Jilin and Communist Party Secretary of Anshan.
Life and career
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Gu was born in Jinzhou, Liaoning, in July 1957. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, he was a Sent-down youth and performed manual labour in Changtan Township, Liaozhong County.
After the Cultural Revolution, he was accepted to Northeast Engineering Institute (now Northeastern University) in 1978 and graduated in 1982, where he majored in Mechanical Engineering.
He joined the workforce in August 1975, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1984. Beginning in 1982, he served in several posts in Shenyang Chemical Equipment Plant, including secretary, technician, deputy director, and section chief. Then he served in various posts in Liaoning provincial government before serving as assistant mayor of Shenyang in 2002.
In 2005, he was transferred to Anshan and appointed the Vice-Mayor and Deputy Communist Party Secretary. Five years later he was promoted to the Communist Party Secretary position. He was promoted to Vice-Governor of Jilin in 2013.
Downfall
On August 1, 2015, the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency announced that Gu Chunli was placed under investigation.{{cite news|url=http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2015/08/01/breaking-gu-chunli-vice-governor-of-jilin-provin/ |title=Gu Chunli, Vice Governor of Jilin Province, is under investigation for suspected 'serious violation of discipline and law' |date=2015-08-01 }} Six days later, Gu was removed from his posts by the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news|url=http://www.china.com.cn/legal/2015-08/07/content_36252291.htm |title=Gu Chunli was removed from office for 'serious violation of discipline and law'|newspaper=Xinhua News |date=2015-08-07 |language=zh }} Gu was the first provincial-level official from Jilin to be sacked since the anti-corruption campaign began in 2012.{{cite news|url=http://news.qq.com/a/20150802/002620.htm?tu_biz=1.114.1.0 |script-title=zh:吉林首虎谷春立落马 主政鞍山获绰号“谷大扒” |newspaper= Tencent|date= 2015-08-02 |language=zh }} He was expelled from the Communist Party on October 30, 2015. The investigation concluded that Gu abused his power to advance the interests of others, used public funds for personal expenses, frequented private clubs, accepted bribes, accepted banquet invitations paid for by public funds, "used vehicles from state-owned enterprises", and interfered and obstructed the investigation.{{cite web |url = http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/jlsc/201510/t20151030_64227.html |script-title=zh:吉林省政府原党组成员、副省长谷春立严重违纪被开除党籍和公职 |access-date =October 30, 2015|publisher = Central Commission for Discipline Inspection}}
On March 31, 2017, Gu was sentenced on 12 years in prison for taking bribes worth 43.65 million yuan (~$6.34 million) by the Intermediate People's Court in Harbin.
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External links
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Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jilin
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Jilin
Category:Northeastern University alumni
Category:Politicians from Changchun
Category:People expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in 2015