Yi Pengfei
易鹏飞
Vice Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
January 2018 – February 2023
ChairmanLi Weiwei
Mao Wanchun
Personal details
BornMay 1962 (age 61)
Yiyang, Hunan, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materHunan University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese易鹏飞
Traditional Chinese易鵬飛

Yi Pengfei (Chinese: 易鹏飞; born May 1962) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province Hunan. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in February 2023. Previously he served as vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]

He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Early life and education

Yi was born in Yiyang, Hunan, in May 1962.[2] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1979, he was accepted to Hunan College of Finance and Economics (now Hunan University), where he majored in business economy.[2]

Political career

Yi entered politics in 1983, after college.[2] He worked at the Finance and Trade Division of Hunan Provincial Planning Commission (later renamed Hunan Provincial Development Planning Commission) and over a period of 16 years worked his way up to the position of vice director in April 2000.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1987.[2]

In June 2008, he was named acting mayor of Huaihua, confirmed in January 2009.[2] He also served as deputy party secretary of the city.[2]

In June 2011, he was assigned to the similar position in Loudi.[2]

In March 2015, he was transferred to Chenzhou and appointed party secretary, the top political position in the city.[2] He also served as chairman of the Chenzhou Municipal People's Congress from January 2017 to April 2021.[2][3]

He was chosen as vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in January 2018.[2]

Investigation

On 5 February 2022, he 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.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Zhou Xiaoyu (周晓雨) (5 February 2023). 湖南省政协党组成员、原副主席易鹏飞被查. xhby.net (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Yi Yi (伊一) (22 March 2021). 刘志仁任郴州市委书记 易鹏飞不再担任. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Yi Yi (伊一) (8 May 2021). 易鹏飞辞去郴州市人大常委会主任职务. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Senior political advisor of Hunan under probe". xinhuanet.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Zhang Yu (张玉) (5 May 2023). 郝宏军、易鹏飞，被查. sina. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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