Han Yong
{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Han|lang=Chinese}}
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| office1 = Chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
| term_start1 = January 2016
| term_end1 = January 2022
| predecessor1 = {{ill|Ma Zhongping|zh|马中平}}
| successor1 = Xu Xinrong
| office2 = Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
| term_start2 = April 2015
| term_end2 = January 2016
| predecessor2 = Che Jun
| successor2 = Sun Jinlong
| office3 = Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
| term_start3 = December 2012
| term_end3 = January 2016
| predecessor3 = Yang Gang
| successor3 = Sun Jinlong
| name = Han Yong
| native_name = 韩勇
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956|10}}
| birth_place = Jiutai County, Jilin, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party (1976–2024; expelled)
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| alma_mater = Jilin University
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
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Han Yong ({{zh|s=韩勇}}; born October 1956) is a former Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference between 2016 and 2022. He spent his early career in his native Jilin province, before being transferred to work in Xinjiang in 2004, where he served as regional organization chief, deputy party chief, and political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
Biography
Han was born in Jiutai County (now Jiutai District of Changchun), Jilin province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1976, the year Mao died. After the Cultural Revolution he studied law at Jilin University.
In his earlier career, Han was a clerk with the provincial prosecution agency of Jilin, then a deputy district prosecutor in Changchun, the provincial capital. He then worked for the provincial prosecution agency. He served as deputy mayor of Yulin, Shaanxi, then head prosecutor of Songyuan, then deputy head prosecutor of Jilin province, then deputy secretary of the provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, provincial director of supervision, and other positions. He earned an on-the-job graduate degree in international political studies at the CCP Central Party School.
In July 2004 he was moved to Xinjiang to serve on the CCP Provincial Standing Committee and head of the regional Organization Department. In December 2010 he was named deputy regional party chief. In November 2012, he was named an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite web|accessdate=2012-11-15|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/18cpcnc/2012-11/14/c_113690803.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116193553/http://news.xinhuanet.com/18cpcnc/2012-11/14/c_113690803.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2012|script-title=zh:中国共产党第十八届中央委员会候补委员名单|work=Xinhua}}
In April 2015, he replaced Che Jun as the Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. He served in the role for less than a year, before being transferred to Shaanxi to become chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.{{cite news |author1=Xin, Wen |title=Shaanxi political advisory body opens session |url=https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202101/25/WS600e67ada31024ad0baa4e48.html |access-date=12 February 2024 |work=Chinadaily.com |date=25 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://news.qq.com/a/20150430/046996.htm|script-title=zh:韩勇接替车俊任新疆生产建设兵团政委|accessdate=2015-04-30|work=Tencent}}
Downfall
On 19 October 2023, he was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.{{cite news |title=Former provincial political advisor under investigation |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202310/19/WS653133a2a31090682a5e9977.html |access-date=12 February 2024 |work=Chinadaily.com |date=19 October 2023}}
On 22 April 2024, he was expelled from the CCP and removed from public office.{{cite news |title=Former senior political advisor expelled from CPC |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202404/22/WS66262a4ea31082fc043c34d5.html |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Chinadaily.com |date=22 April 2024}}
On 19 May 2025, Han was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, deprived of his political rights for life and had all his personal assets confiscated by the Nanning Intermediate People's Court.{{cite news |title=Former senior political adviser handed death sentence with reprieve for bribery |url=https://english.news.cn/20250519/2bb283a3371547c5901a43776a48836e/c.html |access-date=23 May 2025 |work=news.cn |date=19 May 2025}}{{cite news |author1=Cao Yin |title=Ex-political adviser gets suspended death penalty |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202505/20/WS682bd79fa310a04af22c0592.html |access-date=23 May 2025 |work=chinadaily.com.cn |date=20 May 2025}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Head of the Organization Department of the CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee|years=2004–2013}}
{{s-aft|after={{ill|Ma Xuejun (politician)|zh|马学军|lt=Ma Xuejun}}}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region|years=2012–2016}}
{{s-aft|after=Sun Jinlong}}
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{{s-bef | before = Che Jun}}
{{s-ttl | title = Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps | years = 2015–2016}}
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{{s-bef|before={{ill|Ma Zhongping|zh|马中平}}}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|years=2016–2022}}
{{s-aft|after=Xu Xinrong}}
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Category:Politicians from Changchun
Category:Political office-holders in Xinjiang
Category:Jilin University alumni
Category:Political office-holders in Jilin
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jilin
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Jilin
Category:People expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in 2024
Category:Chinese politicians convicted of corruption
Category:Chairpersons of the CPPCC Shaanxi Provincial Committee
Category:Prisoners sentenced to death by the People's Republic of China