Tian Xueren

Tian was born and raised in Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning. He graduated from Northeast Normal University and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

He began his political career in October 1958, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1971.

He served as Deputy Head of Jilin Provincial Civil Affairs in 1985, and six years later promoted to the head position.^[4] In March 1994 he was promoted to become Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Changchun, capital of Jilin province, a position he held until 1997.^[4] Then he became the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Jilin city, rising to Communist Party Secretary the next year.^[4] In January 2001 he served as Communist Party Secretary of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, at the same time as holding the post of a Standing Committee of CCP Jilin Provincial Committee.^[4] In May 2007, he was appointed Executive Vice Governor of Jilin, he remained in that position until January 2008, when he was appointed Communist Party Secretary and President of Jilin Bank.^[4]

On November 5, 2011, he was suspected of "serious violations of discipline", said one-sentence statement issued by the ruling Communist Party's corruption watchdog body, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).^[5]

In July 2012, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from office.^[6] On July 6, 2012, he was arrested by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. On November 1, 2013, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking over 19.19 million yuan in bribes, and all his personal property was confiscated.^[7][8] In July 2018, his sentence was commuted from life to 22 years.^[9]