Li Yuefeng

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Li Yuefeng
李钺锋
Executive Vice Chairperson of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
In office
December 2017 – March 2024
ChairpersonSu Hui
Vice Chairman of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
January 2013 – January 2018
ChairmanXu Jingye
Personal details
BornJuly 1958 (age 65)
Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
Political partyTaiwan Democratic Self-Government League
Alma materChongqing University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese李钺锋
Traditional Chinese李鉞鋒

Li Yuefeng (Chinese: 李钺锋; born July 1958) is a former Chinese lawyer and politician who spent his entire career in southwest China's Chongqing. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in March 2024. Previously he served as executive vice chairperson of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League and before that, vice chairman of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]

He was a member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a delegate to the 13th and 14th National People's Congress. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.[2]

Career[edit]

Li was born in Yuzhong District, Chongqing, in July 1958, while his ancestral home in Zhongli District of Taoyuan, Taiwan.[3]

After the Cultural Revolution in 1976, he was a worker at the Dayanggou Industrial Company and than the Long March Hardware and Electrical Appliance Factory in December 1979.[3] While working in the factory, he also studied at the Chongqing Enterprise Legal Advisor Training Course of Southwest University of Political Science and Law for six months.[3] In December 1986, he became a lawyer at Chongqing First Law Firm, and served until September 1997, when he was recruited as director of Chongqing Yonghe Law Firm.[3] He joined the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League in November 2001. He served as deputy prosecutor general of the First Branch of Chongqing People's Procuratorate from November 2004 to November 2012, and deputy prosecutor general of Chongqing People's Procuratorate, from November 2012 to September 2018.[3] He concurrently served as vice chairman of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the municipal advisory body, between January 2013 and January 2018.[3] In November 2017, he was proposed as executive vice chairperson of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, one of the eight minor political parties in China under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]

Downfall[edit]

On 23 March 2024, he was put under investigation for alleged "serious duty-related malfeasance" 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.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Feng Huamei (冯华妹) (23 March 2023). 周末伏虎 首现台籍民主党派正部级 65岁台盟中央常务副主席李钺锋被查. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ Zhang Qiaosu (张樵苏) (19 March 2018). （两会受权发布）第十三届全国人民代表大会八个专门委员会主任委员、副主任委员、委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文). 十天连查六“虎”：正部级的台盟中央常务副主席李钺锋落马 (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Executive vice chairman of Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Central Committee under investigation". news.cn. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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