Ren Hua

Ren Hua (Chinese: 任华; pinyin: Rén Huá; born March 1964) is a former Chinese politician who spent her entirely career in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. As of June 2020 she was under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. Previously she served as vice-chairwoman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Her superiors, Li Zhi and Nur Bekri, both were sacked for graft in 2015 and 2019, respectively.[1] Ren is the first senior official in Xinjiang and the fifth senior official in China to be targeted by China's top anticorruption watchdog in 2020.[2]

Ren Hua
任华
Vice-Chairwoman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
In office
January 2018 – June 2020
ChairmanShohrat Zakir
Personal details
BornMarch 1964 (age 56)
Yantai, Shandong, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materXinjiang University
Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese任華
Simplified Chinese任华
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ren.

Early life and education

Ren was born in Yantai, Shandong, in March 1964. In September 1982, she was accepted to Xinjiang University, where she majored in Chinese language and literature. She joined the Communist Party of China in November 1984. She also earned a master's degree in business administration from Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics in December 2012.

Career

After university in July 1986, she was assigned as a cadre to General Office of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and over a period of 20 years worked her way up to the position of Deputy Director. In September 2006, she became head of the Publicity Department of CPC Ürümqi Municipal Committee and chairwoman of Urumqi Federation of Social Sciences. During her term in office, she reported to Li Zhi, who was Ürümqi's Party secretary from 2006 to 2009. She was deputy director and Party branch secretary of the Department of Culture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in March 2013, she concurrently served as deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in August 2017 and vice-chairwoman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in January 2018.[3][4]

Investigation

On June 1, 2020, she was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[5] Ren is the fifth senior official to be investigated in 2020. The others are former Fujian vice-governor Zhang Zhinan, former deputy public security minister Sun Lijun, former Hebei vice-governor Zhang He, and former chairman of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Hu Wenming.[2]

References
  1. 新疆自治区副主席任华落马 遵义市委原常委、常务副市长王祖彬出庭受审. thepaper.com (in Chinese). 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. William Zheng (2 June 2020). "Xinjiang propaganda official Ren Hua under corruption cloud in China". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. Cui Jia (1 June 2020). "Former Xinjiang official under investigation, anti-corruption bodies say". chinadaily.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "Xinjiang vice chair probed for severe law violations". globaltimes.cn. 1 June 2020.
  5. 新疆维吾尔自治区政府副主席任华接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查. ccdi.gov.cn (in Chinese). 1 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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