Wang Dawei

Wang Dawei (; born April 1964) is a former Chinese politician who served as vice governor of Liaoning from 2017 to 2022. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in March 2022. In 1983, he was accepted to Northeast Forestry University, majoring in logging engineering.

Downfall On 1 March 2022, Wang was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" 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. He is the fourth head of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department and the eleventh police chief in China caught since the crackdown was launched in 2012, after , Li Wenxi and Xue Heng.

On 14 October 2024, Wang was sentenced to death sentence with reprieve without commutation or parole when the sentence was automatically reduced to life imprisonment for bribery.