Su Rong

Su Rong (; born October 1948) is a former senior regional official and politician in China. He began his career in his native Jilin, and successively served as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Qinghai, Gansu, and Jiangxi provinces. In March 2013, he became one of the vice-chairmen of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

In 2014, Su was subject to a probe by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for "disciplinary violations", which led to criminal charges. He was sentenced to life in prison for accepting a "massive amount of bribes". He is one of the highest-ranking officials to come under investigation for graft since Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012.

Life and career in Jilin Su Rong was born 1948 in Taonan (formerly Tao'an County), Baicheng prefecture, in Northeast China's Jilin province. In 1968 he began working as an accountant in Najin Commune of Tao'an. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1970.

In 1974, Su became the deputy Communist Party chief of Najin Commune, and later party chief. Starting in 1980 he served as deputy party chief of Tao'an County, party chief of Fuyu County, deputy party chief and then party chief of Baicheng prefecture. In 1989 he became the party chief of Siping prefecture-level city, and from 1995 until 1998 he was the party chief of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Starting in 1996 he concurrently served as deputy party chief of Jilin province, a position he held until 2001. From 1994 to 1997 he studied at Jilin University on a part-time basis, receiving a master's degree in economics. However, in June 2014, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that he was being probed for "disciplinary violations", which typically indicate corruption. At the time of the announcement, he was the highest-ranking official, and the only "national leader"-class figure, to come under investigation for graft since Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the CCP in 2012.

On January 23, 2017, Su Rong was sentenced to life in prison for bribery, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property. Court documents showed that he took bribes worth some 116 million yuan ($17 million) between 2002 and 2014. Su Rong said in court that he would obey the court's decision and would not appeal.

Personal life Su married a woman surnamed Ren , with whom he had three children, a son Su Tiezhi and two daughters Su Xiaobo and Su Xiaojuan . Ren died of cancer in 1993. His son-in-law named , former vice mayor of Zhangjiajie City, was sacked for graft in November 2015. In 1994, he married Yu Lifang , who initially worked in a bank. Yu's elder brother Yu Ping'an who was involved in the case committed suicide by swallowing sleeping pills in March 2015.