Su Rong

In March 2013, Su became one of the 23 vice chairman of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The position enjoyed the official ranking as a "national leader".^[4] However, in June 2014, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that he was being probed for "disciplinary violations", which typically indicate corruption. At the time of the announcement, he was the highest-ranking official, and the only "national leader"-class figure, to come under investigation for graft since Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the CCP in 2012.^[4] Several other senior officials of Jiangxi province had already been under investigation, including vice governors Yao Mugen and Zhao Zhiyong, and vice-chairman of the provincial congress, Chen Anzhong.^[2] His CPPCC colleague and former Hu Jintao aide, CPPCC Vice Chairman Ling Jihua, was also detained for corruption in December 2014.

The results of the CCDI investigation into Su Rong was announced February 16, 2015. It concluded that Su Rong "violated organizational discipline, unilaterally upstaged decisions made by consensus [...] used his position of power to seek gain for others during the promotion process of officials and the operations of businesses, took a massive amount of bribes." It also said that he was responsible for wasting government resources and had "leading responsibility" for problems with corruption in Jiangxi province which festered under his watch. In the past, the CCDI's investigation announcements into officials have largely followed a bland and oft-repeated formula. In Su's case, however, the CCDI used many new phrases to describe the details of his alleged wrongdoing. He was said to have "shown blatant disregard about party political rules," "liberally sold offices for cash," "severely poisoned the local political environment," "encouraged and condoned his relatives to use their relationship to him to influence political affairs." His offenses were "of an especially egregious nature and caused extraordinarily bad influence." Su was expelled from the CCP, and indicted on charges of bribery and abuse of power, and his case moved to judicial authorities for prosecution.^[5]

On January 23, 2017, Su Rong was sentenced to life in prison for bribery, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property. Court documents showed that he took bribes worth some 116 million yuan ($17 million) between 2002 and 2014.^[6] Su Rong said in court that he would obey the court's decision and would not appeal.^[7]

Su married a woman surnamed Ren (任某), with whom he had three children, a son Su Tiezhi (苏铁志) and two daughters Su Xiaobo (苏晓波) and Su Xiaojuan (苏晓娟).^[8] Ren died of cancer in 1993.^[8] His son-in-law named Cheng Danfeng [zh], former vice mayor of Zhangjiajie City, was sacked for graft in November 2015. In 1994, he married Yu Lifang (于丽芳), who initially worked in a bank.^[8] Yu's elder brother Yu Ping'an (于平安) who involved in the case committed suicide by swallowing sleeping pills in March 2015.^[8]

Party political offices
Preceded by Bai Enpei	Party Secretary of Qinghai 2001–2003	Succeeded by Zhao Leji
Preceded by Song Zhaosu	Party Secretary of Gansu 2003–2006	Succeeded by Lu Hao
Preceded by Yu Yunyao	Executive Vice President of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party 2006–2007	Succeeded by Li Jingtian
Preceded by Meng Jianzhu	Party Secretary of Jiangxi 2007–2013	Succeeded by Qiang Wei
Assembly seats
Preceded by Bai Enpei	Chairman of Qinghai People's Congress 2002–2003	Succeeded by Zhao Leji
Preceded by Song Zhaosu	Chairman of Gansu People's Congress 2004–2006	Succeeded by Lu Hao
Preceded by Meng Jianzhu	Chairman of Jiangxi People's Congress 2008–2013	Succeeded by Qiang Wei
Preceded by Tung Chee-hwa	Vice Chairmen of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 2013–2014	Succeeded by Chen Yuan