Du Zi

Du Zi (; born June 1955) is a retired Chinese politician who spent his entire career in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Early life and education Du was born in Togtoh County, Inner Mongolia, in June 1955. He was a sent-down youth in Helin County between April 1973 and October 1975 during the Cultural Revolution. Including Du Zi, five party secretaries of the Tongliao were investigated. The other four are: Mo Jiancheng, Fu Tiegang, Song Liang, and Li Jiexiang. Du has been expelled from the Communist Party on 7 October 2024. On October 17, he was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes as per a decision made by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

On 22 January 2025, Du was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes. On May 16, he stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of Shenyang on charges of taking bribes. According to the indictment, he used his various positions between 2002 and 2015 in Inner Mongolia to help individuals and entities with business operations and project contracting and in return, he illegally accepted money and goods worth over 81.91 million yuan ($12 million), directly or through his relatives. On July 29, he received a sentence of 15 years in prison and fine of 8 million yuan for taking bribes, all property gained from the bribery would be turned over to the national treasury.