Lu Wei

Lu Wei (; born January 1960) is a former Chinese politician. He served as the deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, the head of the General Office of the Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization (one and the same with the Cyberspace Administration of China, CAC) from August 2013 to June 2016. Lu was previously Vice-Mayor of Beijing and the head of the Beijing Party organization's Publicity Department, among other posts. Lu was named by Time magazine as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2015.

Biography Lu was born in Chaohu, Anhui in January 1960. He earned a reputation as being relatively brash and colorful within the party and government bureaucracy.

In 1991, Lu worked in Xinhua News Agency of Guangxi province as the deputy director, he was promoted to become the Director in 1997.

From 2001 to 2004, he rose through the ranks to become deputy director of Xinhua News Agency.

At the 13th China Internet Media Forum on October 30, 2013, Lu made a presentation that thematized the Chinese Dream, a term that Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping had popularized since late 2012.

In May 2014, Lu was promoted to deputy minister of the Publicity Department.

Lu suddenly stepped down from his post at the Cyberspace Administration of China in June 2016, for unknown reasons. He was expelled from the Communist Party in February 2018. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said Lu was "arbitrary and tyrannical", abused his power for personal gain, violated the Six Major Disciplines, and pretended to follow the rules. Other offences included using all means to build personal fame, making false and anonymous accusations against others, deceiving the top Communist leadership, extreme disloyalty, duplicity, trading power for sex, improper discussion of the party and a lack of self-control. On March 26, 2019, Lu was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined three million yuan.