Dong Hong

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Dong Hong (董宏), born November 1953 in Haicheng, Liaoning, is a former Chinese politician. He studied at Renmin University of China. After graduation, he worked as secretary to Bo Yibo on the Central Advisory Commission. In 1992 he became assistant mayor of Foshan, Guangdong. A year later he returned to Beijing and served as deputy director and then director of the Institute of Contemporary China Studies. In 1998 he became deputy director of the Development Research Center of Guangdong Province. He had a long working relationship with Wang Qishan, with stints in Guangdong, Hainan and Beijing, and at the State Council General Office of Economic Reform.

In March 2006 Dong was promoted to deputy director of the Party Documents Research Office of the CPC Central Committee. After Wang Qishan became head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), Dong became one of the group leaders of the central inspection teams during Xi Jinping’s first term. He served as Group Leader of the 12th Central Inspection Group from March 2014 to July 2015.

Dong was investigated in October 2020 by China’s top anti-corruption bodies for suspected serious violations of laws and party rules. He was detained on April 25, 2021. On June 8, 2021 he was indicted for taking bribes. He stood trial on August 26, 2021 in Qingdao, accused of using his multiple positions from 1999 to 2020 in Guangdong, Hainan and Beijing to help organizations and individuals win contracts, land projects, and obtain promotions. Prosecutors said he accepted more than 460 million yuan in bribes directly or through relatives.

On January 28, 2022, the Qingdao Intermediate People’s Court sentenced him to death with a two-year reprieve for bribery. He was deprived of political rights for life and his personal assets were confiscated, with illicit gains turned over to the state.