Wei Hong

Wei Hong (; born May 1954) is a Chinese politician who served as the Governor of Sichuan between 2013 and 2016. Prior to his assuming the post of governor, he served as vice governor and head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party in Sichuan province. He resigned as governor in 2016 following a party investigation into his conduct.

Rise to power Wei Hong was born in Yinan County, Shandong province. He served in the railway force of the People's Liberation Army from November 1970 to March 1978 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1973. From 1978 to 1979 he studied at the Changsha Railway Force College in Hunan province. Wei was named executive deputy governor of Sichuan province in May 2007. nor even a member of the provincial standing committee, emerged as a serious contender.

Governorship In January 2013, Wei Hong succeeded Jiang as Governor of Sichuan. In 2015, Wei was not part of the entourage of Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States; the president's important visits abroad are usually accompanied by some provincial government leaders. Sichuan was represented, unusually, by the provincial party chief Wang Dongming, sparking rumours that Wei may have been under investigation. For much of December 2015, Wei was observed to be absent in important provincial leadership meetings. On 15 January 2016, Wu Yuliang, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, disclosed under heavy questioning that Wei Hong was under investigation for "breaching discipline" and that Wei was spending some time "thinking and reflecting".

On January 22, 2016, Wei resigned the post of the governor of Sichuan, the second sitting provincial governor to have fallen to the axe of the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping. On February 4, 2016, the CCDI announced Wei was removed from all posts and demoted to deputy department-level (futingji). In the investigation report, Wei was said to have dishonoured the party, did not "treasure chances at re-education", and "violated political, organizational and work discipline." He was nonetheless still referred to as "comrade" and did not lose his party membership.

Family Wei's wife, Gui Jianmei , was an official in Qingyang District, Chengdu. In January 2016, she left her post as CPPCC Party secretary of Qingyang District, a signal that she had been implicated by her husband's investigation.