Former Vice Governor of Heilongjiang Province and Former Director of its Public Security Department Expelled from the Communist Party.

After approval by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission conducted an investigation into Bi Baowen, former Deputy Governor of Heilongjiang Province and former Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, for serious violations of discipline and law.

The investigation found that Bi Baowen lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original mission, and ignored the spirit of the Central Committee’s Eight-Point Regulation. He accepted banquets that could affect the fair execution of official duties. In the selection and appointment of cadres, he sought benefits for others and accepted property. He failed to maintain integrity, using his position to benefit others while his relatives accepted property. He condoned or tacitly allowed his relatives to use his position or influence for personal gain, and illegally accepted gifts. He illegally issued vehicle license plates. Greedy and corrupt, he broke the law while enforcing it, using his police authority as a tool for personal gain. He used his position to benefit others in case handling and project contracting, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.

Bi Baowen seriously violated the Party’s organizational discipline, integrity discipline, work discipline, and life discipline, constituting serious duty violations and suspected crimes of bribery and using influence for bribery. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he did not restrain himself or stop his illegal activities. The nature of his violations is serious, and the impact is severe, warranting strict punishment. According to the relevant provisions of the “Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China,” the “Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China,” and the “Law on Administrative Sanctions for Public Officials of the People’s Republic of China,” after study by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and approval by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was decided to expel Bi Baowen from the Party, cancel his entitled benefits according to regulations, confiscate his illegal gains, and transfer his suspected criminal issues to the procuratorial authorities for review and prosecution, along with the involved property.