Liu Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of Jiangcheng City, curried favor with the provincial Party Committee Secretary Zhu Zhengyi and his wife Gao Hong by giving gifts. The Zhu regime arranged for Liu Qiang to become the mayor of Jiangcheng City, and two years later he became the secretary of the municipal party committee. Liu Qiang, who held great power, was domineering in Jiangcheng City. In order to make money, he carried out large-scale construction projects in Jiangcheng City, borrowed more than 10 billion yuan in debt to carry out political achievement projects, and also colluded with businessmen to sell state-owned assets at low prices.
Xu Mingyuan, chairman of the Jiangcheng City CPPCC, is an upright man. He wrote to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Supervision to report Liu Qiang's violations of law and discipline. After that, Xu Mingyuan suffered a series of retaliations, and was eventually imprisoned and sentenced to death with a suspended death sentence.
After the new central leadership took office, it launched an anti-corruption campaign across the country. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection sent an investigation team to Jiangcheng City to investigate Liu Qiang's violations of law and discipline.
Liu Qiang and Sister Gao fled to the United States after hearing the news, and Zhu's regime was also banned by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Xu Mingyuan was eventually acquitted by the court and regained his freedom.
