Yun Gongmin (Chinese:云公民; born September 1950) is a retiredChinese politician ofMongol ethnicity. He entered the workforce in August 1968, and joined theChinese Communist Party in January 1979. He was investigated by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and theNational Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China, in October 2019. He retired in November 2013 after five years as the deputy Communist Party Secretary and general manager ofChina Huadian Corporation, one of China's largest power companies, between 2008 and 2013.^[1][2]

Yun was born in September 1950. During theDown to the Countryside Movement, he was asent-down youth in Gucheng Township ofTogtoh County. From 1971 to 1975 he was a worker at a transportation company inHohhot. In 1975 he was accepted toTsinghua University, majoring in automobile making, where he graduated in 1979.

After graduation, he involved in politics. He took the role of Inner Mongolia government's vice-chairman in January 1997 and was transferred toShanxi province as vice-governor in July 2001.^[3] He concurrently served asCommunist Party Secretary of Taiyuan between September 2001 and January 2006. In June 2003 he was elevated to deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi, a position he held until October 2006. From October 2006 to June 2008 he was vice chairman and deputy Party Branch Secretary ofShenhua Group, a state-owned mining and energy company. He became general manager and deputy Party Branch Secretary ofChina Huadian Corporation in June 2008, serving in the post until he retirement in November 2013.

He was a delegate to the16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

On October 24, 2019, he has been placed under investigation for serious violations of laws and regulations, theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement on its website, without elaborating.^[4][5]

On September 30, 2020, he was expelled from theChinese Communist Party and removed from public office.^[6] He was under arrest on suspicion of taking bribes in the following month.^[7] In November, he has been indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes.^[8]

Yun's former bossLi Qingkui, a former Party Branch Secretary and chairman ofChina Southern Power Grid, one of China's largest regional grid operators, was placed on two-year probation within the Party (留党察看二年).^[9][10]

On October 9, 2022, he wassentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting more than 468 million yuan ($70.2 million) in bribes by theChangchun Intermediate People's Court, and will face a life imprisonment without any possibility of commutation or parole after the two-year reprieve.^[11][12]

• 1950 births
• Tsinghua University alumni
• Living people
• People's Republic of China politicians from Inner Mongolia
• Chinese Communist Party politicians from Inner Mongolia
• Chinese people of Mongolian descent

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