Han Xiancong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Han.

Han Xiancong
韩先聪
Vice-Chairman of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office January 2013 – July 2014
Chairman	Wang Mingfang
Secretary-General of Anhui Provincial Government
In office February 2012 – January 2013
Preceded by	Liang Weiguo
Succeeded by	Shao Guohe
Communist Party Secretary of Chuzhou
In office February 2008 – February 2012
Preceded by	Wang Guocai
Succeeded by	Jiang Shan
Communist Party Secretary of Anqing
In office April 2003 – February 2008
Preceded by	Zhao Shucong
Succeeded by	Zhu Duwen
Personal details
Born	November 1955 (age 68–69) Feixi County, Anhui, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1984–2014; expelled)
Alma mater	Anhui Agricultural University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	韓先聰
Simplified Chinese	韩先聪
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hán Xiāncōng

Han Xiancong (Chinese: 韩先聪; born November 1955) is a former Chinese politician from Anhui province. He was best known for his term as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the cities of Anqing and Chuzhou. From 2013 to 2014 he served as the vice-chairman of the Anhui provincial People's Political Consultative Conference, a largely ceremonial legislative consultation body. He was later investigated for corruption and indicted on criminal charges of bribery.

Career

Han was born and raised in Feixi County, Anhui. He graduated from Anhui Agricultural University.

Shortly after the conclusion of the Cultural Revolution, Han worked in his hometown as a teacher at a local school. Han began working in January 1982 in the provincial agriculture and fisheries department. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1984. In 1987, he entered the provincial government as a staffer of the General Office, and in 1991, he began working for the provincial agricultural economics commission.

Han served as the Deputy Party Secretary of Chaohu from October 1994 to July 1996. In August 1999, Han was transferred laterally to Anqing, where he ascended to become the party chief in April 2003. Than he served as the party chief of Chuzhou between February 2008 to February 2012. In February 2012, he was promoted to become the Secretary-general of the Government of Anhui Province.

In January 2013, Han, then 58, was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of Anhui Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

On July 12, 2014, Han was being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) for "serious violations of laws and regulations". On December 11, 2014, the CCDI announced the expulsion of Han from the Chinese Communist Party; the investigation concluded that Han abused his power to seek gain for others, took "massive bribes", and presided over "serious loss of state assets". It was also said that he violated the Eight-point Regulation and regularly accepted elaborate dinner invitations paid for by public funds. In December 2015, Han was indicted on criminal charges of bribery and tried in the southeastern city of Nanping, in Fujian province. Han was sentenced to 16 years in prison in November 2016.