Cai Esheng

Cai Esheng (; born 1951) is a retired Chinese politician who served as vice president of the China Banking Regulatory Commission between 2005 and 2013. He has retired for 8 years. As of July 2021 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency.

Early life and education Born in Hubei, in 1951, Cai was a sent-down youth in Jiang County from December 1968 to December 1970. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1970.

He was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 2022. He was arrested by the Supreme People's Procuratorate and was indicted on charges of bribery and abuse of power in June of the same year.

He stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of Zhenjiang on 13 July 2023. He was charged with accepting money and property worth about 500 million yuan ($72 million) directly or through his relatives.