According to a notice from the discipline inspection and supervision team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission stationed at the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), together with Tianjin’s discipline inspection and supervisory authorities, Liu Qitao, former Party secretary and chairman of China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd., has been investigated for serious violations of Party discipline and the law.
The notice says investigators found that Liu abandoned his ideals and duties, pursued a distorted view of performance, and sought political capital through hasty, superficial growth that departed from high-quality development and the company’s actual conditions. It says he used resources of the central state-owned enterprise to associate with political fraudsters and project brokers, arranged a revolving door between politics and business for associates, and seriously harmed the company’s interests. He is also described as having failed to carry out responsibility for strict Party governance, formed cliques, and worsened the company’s political environment.
Investigators said Liu disregarded the spirit of the central eight-point regulations by extensively accepting gifts, cash and banquets, and by long accepting living services free of charge from parties under his management or service. The notice says he concealed personal matters, did not give truthful explanations when questioned by the organization, practiced favoritism in personnel decisions, used his authority for others’ private gain, and allowed related persons to obtain large benefits through his influence. It also cites improper external lending and guarantees, interference in economic disputes, and corrupt personal conduct.
According to the findings, Liu used his position to seek benefits for others in project contracting and job promotions and illegally accepted a huge amount of property. He is accused of abusing his power by leading irregular mergers and acquisitions and financing-related trade that caused huge losses of state-owned assets. No specific sums are stated in the notice.
Authorities concluded that Liu seriously violated the Party’s political, organizational, integrity, work and lifestyle disciplines, committed serious duty-related violations, and is suspected of bribery and of abuse of power by personnel of a state-owned company. The notice says the conduct continued after the Party’s 18th National Congress, was serious in nature and had a harmful impact.
After review by the SASAC Party committee, Liu was expelled from the Communist Party. The discipline inspection and supervision team at SASAC decided, under the applicable rules, to cancel benefits he had enjoyed and to confiscate proceeds of the violations. The Tianjin Supervisory Commission transferred the suspected criminal matters, together with related property, to prosecutors for review and prosecution. The decisions cite the Communist Party of China disciplinary regulations, the Supervision Law and the law on government sanctions for public officials.
The Paper published the notice on 10 November 2026.
Original article: https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_34446502
