Yang Dongliang

Yang Dongliang (; born January 1954) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in the city of Tianjin in northern China. He has successively served as the vice mayor of Tianjin, and the Director of the State Administration of Work Safety. In August 2015, he was put under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. Yang was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party; he was the sixth member of the committee to be investigated for wrongdoing following the 18th Party Congress.

Career Yang was born and brought in Qing County, Hebei. Yang was the sixth full member of the 18th Central Committee to be investigated for wrongdoing.

On October 16, 2015, Yang was expelled from the Communist Party. The investigation accused Yang of a litany of offenses, including "violating political discipline and political rules, taking part in non-organizational activities," obstructing and interfering with the investigation, attempting to influence the work placement and promotion of his son, promoting individuals in violation of regulations, "illegally occupying public property", "changing his itinerary while on foreign trips", "wasting public funds," "taking part in very expensive entertainment activities", "using vehicles that violated regulations", "taken gifts, and cash", "violating housing regulations".

On February 21, 2017, Yang was sentenced on 15 years in prison for taking bribes worth 28.49 million yuan (~$4.14 million) and plundering the public treasury worth 270,000 yuan (~$39,000) by the Second Intermediate People's Court in Beijing.

Personal life Yang Dongliang's son, Yang Hui , who served as general manager of Ideological and Political Department of CNOOC Gas and Power Group , was also detained for investigation on August 18, 2015.