Sun Zhigang | |||||||
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| 孙志刚 | |||||||
| Party Secretary of Guizhou | |||||||
| In office 15 July 2017 – 20 November 2020 | |||||||
| Deputy | Shen Yiqin (party affairs) | ||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Min'er | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Shen Yiqin | ||||||
| Governor of Guizhou | |||||||
| In office 16 October 2015 – 6 September 2017 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Min'er | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Shen Yiqin | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | (1954-05-30)30 May 1954 (age 71) | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1976–2024; expelled) | ||||||
| Alma mater | Wuhan Institute of Metallurgy Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孙志刚 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孫志剛 | ||||||
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Sun Zhigang (Chinese:孙志刚; born 30 May 1954) is a former Chinese politician who wasParty Secretary of Guizhou. He was formerly mayor ofYichang, the secretary-general of the Hubei party committee underYu Zhengsheng, the Vice Governor ofAnhui province, and chief of the national office for health care reform.
Sun Zhigang was born in May 1954 inXingyang,Henan. He joined the work force in February 1971 during theCultural Revolution as asent-down youth in Xingyang. In 1973, he entered Wuhan Institute of Metallurgy (now incorporated intoWuhan University of Science and Technology) as a "Worker-Peasant-Soldier student". He joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in September 1976.[1]
After graduating from college, Sun stayed at his alma mater as an instructor. He entered theShanghai University of Finance and Economics to pursue graduate studies in economics, then he became, for a brief period, a research fellow atZhongnan University of Economics and Law. In April 1985, he quit academia to pursue a career in politics, entering the Wuhan municipal government.[2]
InWuhan, the provincial capital, Sun became the deputy head of the city's economics commission, and also in charge of economic restructuring. He became the district deputy party chief, then governor ofHanyang District. In March 1993 he was named vice mayor of Wuhan, then transferred to serve as the mayor ofYichang in August 1996, and promoted to party chief in March 1999. He became a member of theprovincial Party Standing Committee in June 2002, and the secretary-general of the Party Committee, becoming chief of staff under then-party chiefYu Zhengsheng.[2]
Beginning in September 2006, Sun began serving as executive vice governor of Anhui province, and a member of the party ruling council there. After a comprehensive set of health care reforms were put into effect by the central government, Sun spearheaded implementation of the reforms in Anhui province, pioneering a government drug purchase program which was circulated at the national level and dubbed the "Anhui model."[3] He was then tasked with implementing the Anhui model nationwide, taking on the role of deputy director of theNational Development and Reform Commission in March 2010, and then in December 2010, the chief of the Office of Health Care Reform.[2] In a government reshuffle in March 2013, Sun was named deputy director of theNational Health and Family Planning Commission.[4]
On 16 October 2015, Sun was appointed acting governor ofGuizhou province, succeedingChen Min'er, who had been promoted to provincial party chief. Sun's governorship was duly confirmed by the provincial People's Congress on 30 January 2016.[5]
In July 2017, Sun was appointed as theCCP Committee Secretary of Guizhou.[6]
In December 2020, Sun was appointed as the Deputy Chairperson of theNational People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee.[citation needed]
On August 28, 2023, Sun was investigated for "severe violations of discipline and law" by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection.[7]
In February 2024, Sun was expelled from the CCP and arrested for bribery.[8][9][10] On August 14, he stood trial for graft at the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court ofTianjin, and was indicted for accepting bribes worth 813 million yuan (about 113.87 million U.S. dollars).[11] Sun has been sentenced todeath, with a two-year reprieve on October 29.[12]
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Guo Yuanzhang | Mayor of Yichang 1996–1999 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Executive Vice Governor of Anhui 2006–2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Director of the Office of the Leading Group for Deepening the Reform of the Medical and Health System under the State Council 2010–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Governor of Guizhou 2015–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Tian Zhenya | Party Secretary of Yichang 1996–1999 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Secretary-General of theHubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2002–2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Guizhou 2017–2020 | Succeeded by |
| Assembly seats | ||
| Preceded by Chen Min'er | Chairman of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress 2018–2021 | Succeeded by Shen Yiqin |