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class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>17th Party Congress</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-17th_Party_Congress-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chongqing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chongqing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Chongqing</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Chongqing-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Chongqing subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Chongqing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-The_Chongqing_model" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Chongqing_model"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>The Chongqing model</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Chongqing_model-sublist" 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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bo Xilai" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po_Si-laj" title="Po Si-laj – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Po Si-laj" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bo Xilai" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bo Xilai" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bo Xilai" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bo Xilai" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="بو شیلای – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بو شیلای" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bo Xilai" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho%CC%8Dk_Hi-l%C3%B2i" title="Pho̍k Hi-lòi – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Pho̍k Hi-lòi" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B4%EC%8B%9C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4" title="보시라이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="보시라이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88" title="बो शिलाई – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बो शिलाई" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bo Xilai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bo Xilai" 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font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="zh-Hans-CN"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">薄熙来</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bo-_Ferrero-Waldner_meeting_(2007).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Bo-_Ferrero-Waldner_meeting_%282007%29.jpg/220px-Bo-_Ferrero-Waldner_meeting_%282007%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Bo-_Ferrero-Waldner_meeting_%282007%29.jpg/330px-Bo-_Ferrero-Waldner_meeting_%282007%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Bo-_Ferrero-Waldner_meeting_%282007%29.jpg/440px-Bo-_Ferrero-Waldner_meeting_%282007%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1326" data-file-height="1660" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Bo in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_Secretary_of_Chongqing" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing">Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />30 November 2007&#160;–&#32;15 March 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wang_Hongju" title="Wang Hongju">Wang Hongju</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Huang_Qifan" title="Huang Qifan">Huang Qifan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)" title="Wang Yang (politician)">Wang Yang</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Dejiang" title="Zhang Dejiang">Zhang Dejiang</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_(China)" title="Ministry of Commerce (China)">Minister of Commerce</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 February 2004&#160;–&#32;29 December 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Premier</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wen_Jiabao" title="Wen Jiabao">Wen Jiabao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BC_Fuyuan" title="Lü Fuyuan">Lü Fuyuan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chen_Deming" title="Chen Deming">Chen Deming</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Liaoning" title="Politics of Liaoning">Governor of Liaoning</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 February 2001&#160;–&#32;17 February 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Party Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data">Wen Shiyue</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Guoguang" title="Zhang Guoguang">Zhang Guoguang</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Wenyue" title="Zhang Wenyue">Zhang Wenyue</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />20 August 1992&#160;–&#32;22 August 2000</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Party Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data">Cao Bochun<br />Yu Xuexiang</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Wei Fuhai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Li Yongjin</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-07-03</span>) </span>3 July 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, China</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> (1980–2012; expelled)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Li Danyu</div>&#32;<div style="display:inline-block;">&#8203;</div>&#40;<abbr title="married">m.</abbr>&#160;<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="September 1976">1976</span>&#x2060;&#8211;&#x2060;1984&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Gu_Kailai" title="Gu Kailai">Gu Kailai</a></div>&#32;<div style="display:inline-block;">&#8203;</div>&#40;<abbr title="married">m.</abbr>&#160;1986&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bo_Yibo" title="Bo Yibo">Bo Yibo</a> (father)<br />Hu Ming (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Li Wangzhi <br /><a href="/wiki/Bo_Guagua" title="Bo Guagua">Bo Guagua</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peking_University" title="Peking University">Peking University</a> (<a href="/wiki/B._A." class="mw-redirect" title="B. 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A.">MA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Convicted by Jinan Intermediate People's Court in September 2013</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal charge</th><td class="infobox-data">Bribery, Embezzlement, Abuse of Office</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Penalty</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_China" title="Life imprisonment in China">Life imprisonment</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link 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<span lang="zh-Hans">薄熙来</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>&#58; <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Bó Xīlái</span></i>; born 3 July 1949) is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a> and then the governor of <a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a>. From 2004 to November 2007, he served as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_(China)" title="Ministry of Commerce (China)">Minister of Commerce</a>. Between 2007 and 2012, he served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">Politburo</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> (CCP) and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party_Committee_Secretary" title="Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary">Communist Party Secretary</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a>, a major interior municipality. He was generally considered the main political opponent of <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> before Xi became the <a href="/wiki/Paramount_leader" title="Paramount leader">paramount leader</a> of China. </p><p>He is the son of former <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Vice_Premier" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Vice Premier">Chinese Vice Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Bo_Yibo" title="Bo Yibo">Bo Yibo</a>. He cultivated a casual and charismatic image in a marked departure from Chinese political convention. In Chongqing, Bo initiated a <a href="/wiki/Chongqing_gang_trials" title="Chongqing gang trials">campaign against organized crime</a>, increased spending on welfare programs, maintained consistent double-digit percentage GDP growth, and campaigned to revive <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>-era "red culture". Bo's promotion of <a href="/wiki/Egalitarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Egalitarian">egalitarian</a> values and the achievements of his "<a href="/wiki/Chongqing_model" title="Chongqing model">Chongqing model</a>" made him the champion of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Left" title="Chinese New Left">Chinese New Left</a>, composed of both <a href="/wiki/Maoism" title="Maoism">Maoists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Social democrat">social democrats</a> disillusioned with the country's market-based economic reforms and increasing economic inequality. However, the perceived lawlessness of Bo's anti-corruption campaigns, coupled with concerns about the image he cultivated, made him a controversial figure. </p><p>Bo was considered a likely candidate for promotion to the elite <a href="/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">CCP Politburo Standing Committee</a> at the <a href="/wiki/18th_National_Congress_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party">18th Party Congress</a> in 2012. However, his political fortunes came to an abrupt end following the <a href="/wiki/Wang_Lijun_incident" title="Wang Lijun incident">Wang Lijun incident</a>, in which his top lieutenant and police chief sought asylum at the <a href="/wiki/Consulate_General_of_the_United_States,_Chengdu" title="Consulate General of the United States, Chengdu">American consulate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chengdu" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a>. Wang claimed to have information about the involvement of Bo Xilai and his wife <a href="/wiki/Gu_Kailai" title="Gu Kailai">Gu Kailai</a> in the murder of British businessman <a href="/wiki/Neil_Heywood" title="Neil Heywood">Neil Heywood</a>, who allegedly had close financial ties to the two. In the fallout, Bo was removed as the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party_Committee_Secretary" title="Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary">CCP Committee secretary</a> of Chongqing and lost his seat on the Politburo. He was later stripped of all his positions and lost his seat at the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People&#39;s Congress">National People's Congress</a> and eventually expelled from the party. In 2013, Bo was found guilty of corruption, stripped of all his assets and sentenced to <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a>. He is incarcerated at <a href="/wiki/Qincheng_Prison" title="Qincheng Prison">Qincheng Prison</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bo Xilai was born on 3 July 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His father was the Communist Party leader <a href="/wiki/Bo_Yibo" title="Bo Yibo">Bo Yibo</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Eight_Great_Eminent_Officials" class="mw-redirect" title="Eight Great Eminent Officials">Eight Great Eminent Officials</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(China)" title="Ministry of Finance (China)">Minister of Finance</a> in the early years of the People's Republic of China but who fell from favor in 1965 for supporting more open trade relations with the West.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">the Cultural Revolution</a> began in 1966, Bo Yibo, labeled a "rightist" and a "counterrevolutionary," was purged from his posts.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He spent the ensuing twelve years in prison. His wife, Hu Ming, was abducted by <a href="/wiki/Red_Guards" title="Red Guards">Red Guards</a> in <a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</a>, and was either beaten to death or committed suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo Yibo had seven children. Aside from his eldest daughter, Bo Xiying, born to his first wife, Li Ruming, the rest were born to his second wife, Hu Ming. They are: eldest son Bo Xiyong, second son Bo Xilai, third son Bo Xicheng, fourth son Bo Xining, second daughter Bo Jieying, and youngest daughter Bo Xiaoying. Except for Xiaoying, a historian at <a href="/wiki/Peking_University" title="Peking University">Peking University</a>, Bo Xilai’s other siblings are active in politics and business. In 2012, Bloomberg reported that the Bo family’s total assets were worth at least $136 million.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bo Xilai was seventeen years old when the Cultural Revolution began, and at the time attended the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Beijing_No.4_High_School" title="Beijing No.4 High School">Beijing No. 4 High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the early years of the Cultural Revolution, Bo Xilai is reported to have been an active member of the <i>liandong</i> Red Guard organization<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and may have at one point denounced his father.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>As the political winds of the Cultural Revolution shifted, Bo Xilai and his siblings were either imprisoned or sent to the countryside, and Bo Xilai was locked up for five years.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the death of <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> in 1976, the chaos of the Cultural Revolution was officially attributed to the <a href="/wiki/Gang_of_Four" title="Gang of Four">Gang of Four</a>, and Bo's father was released. Bo Yibo was politically rehabilitated, and, in 1979, became <a href="/wiki/Vice_Premier_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Premier of the People&#39;s Republic of China">vice premier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his release, Bo Xilai worked at the Hardware Repair Factory for the Beijing Second Light Industry Bureau.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Peking_University" title="Peking University">Peking University</a> when the <i><a href="/wiki/Gaokao" title="Gaokao">gaokao</a></i> was reinstated in 1977. Unlike many of his contemporaries in the Chinese leadership who studied engineering, Bo majored in world history.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In his second year at Peking University, after the graduate school examination was reinstated, Bo was admitted to a master’s program in international journalism at the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Academy_of_Social_Sciences" title="Chinese Academy of Social Sciences">Chinese Academy of Social Sciences</a>, allegedly through backdoor channels despite not meeting the required exam scores,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and graduated with a master’s degree in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He joined the Communist Party in October 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-ChinaVitae_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaVitae-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1980s, the Bo family regained its political influence. Bo Yibo served successively as vice premier and vice-chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Advisory_Commission" title="Central Advisory Commission">Central Advisory Commission</a>. The elder Bo came to be known as one of the "<a href="/wiki/Eight_Elders" title="Eight Elders">Eight Elders</a>" or "Eight Immortals" of the Communist Party and was instrumental in the implementation of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_economic_reform" title="Chinese economic reform">market reforms</a> in the 1980s. Although he favored more liberal economic policies, the elder Bo was politically conservative, and endorsed the use of military force against demonstrators during the <a href="/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 Tiananmen Square protests">1989 Tiananmen Square protests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the 1989 crackdown, Bo Yibo helped ensure the ascent of <a href="/wiki/Jiang_Zemin" title="Jiang Zemin">Jiang Zemin</a> to succeed <a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a> as the leader of the Party and helped Jiang consolidate power in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo Yibo remained a prominent figure in the party until his death in 2007<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was influential in shaping his son's career.<sup id="cite_ref-Finkelstein_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finkelstein-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the graduate school, Bo Xilai was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Zhongnanhai" title="Zhongnanhai">Zhongnanhai</a><sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> – the headquarters of the Communist Party – where he worked with the research office of the <a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party">CCP Central Committee Secretariat</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_Office_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="General Office of the Chinese Communist Party">CCP Central Committee General Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the early 1980s, Bo Xilai requested a transfer away from Beijing, a move masterminded by his father for both political and personal reasons. Politically, Bo, inspired by the protagonist Li Xiangnan in the popular Chinese television drama <i>New Star</i> (1986)<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>—adapted from a novel by Ke Yunlu, which was partly based on <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a>, then deputy party secretary in <a href="/wiki/Zhengding_County" title="Zhengding County">Zhengding County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hebei" title="Hebei">Hebei</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>—aspired to gain grassroots experience and credentials to climb the CCP’s political ladder. Personally, Bo was engaged in a four-year legal battle to divorce his first wife, Li Danyu, which was finalized in 1984. Facing persistent complaints and petitions from Li, who jepordized his career by publicly accusing him of having an extramarital affair with his <a href="/wiki/Peking_University" title="Peking University">Peking University</a> schoolmate <a href="/wiki/Gu_Kailai" title="Gu Kailai">Gu Kailai</a>, Bo relocated to <a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a> to avoid the controversy.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dalian_and_Liaoning">Dalian and Liaoning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Dalian and Liaoning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dalian">Dalian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Dalian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1984, Bo was appointed <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party_Deputy_Committee_Secretary" title="Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary">deputy party secretary</a> of Jin County, now <a href="/wiki/Jinzhou_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinzhou District">Jinzhou District</a> of Dalian, where Cui Ronghan, an old comrade-in-arms of Bo Yibo, was the municipal party secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ChinaVitae_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaVitae-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo subsequently became deputy secretary and then secretary of the party committee of the <a href="/wiki/Dalian_Development_Area" title="Dalian Development Area">Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone</a> and secretary of the Jinzhou party committee.<sup id="cite_ref-ChinaVitae_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaVitae-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rising again in rank within the party, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Dalian Municipal CCP Committee, the city's top decision-making body, and became the Vice-mayor of Dalian in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-ChinaVitae_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaVitae-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1993, Bo became deputy party secretary and mayor of Dalian.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He remained mayor until 2000. Bo served as Dalian's deputy party secretary from 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-ChinaVitae_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaVitae-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo was promoted to CCP Committee Secretary in 1999 and served in that position until 2000. </p><p>Bo's tenure in Dalian was marked by the city's phenomenal transformation from a drab port city to a modern <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">metropolis</a>, a 'showcase' of China's rapid economic growth.<sup id="cite_ref-bw1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bw1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the early 1990s, Bo took some credit for the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Shenda_highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Shenda highway">Shenyang-Dalian Expressway</a>, China's first <a href="/wiki/Expressways_of_China" title="Expressways of China">controlled-access freeway</a>, winning accolades for the rapid expansion of infrastructure and for environmental work.<sup id="cite_ref-clm_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since Bo's time in office, Dalian became known as one of the cleanest cities in China, having won the <a href="/wiki/UN_Habitat_Scroll_of_Honour_Award#1999_WINNERS" class="mw-redirect" title="UN Habitat Scroll of Honour Award">UN Habitat Scroll of Honour Award</a> in 1999. In addition, Bo was an advocate for free enterprise and small businesses, and successfully courted foreign investment from <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asian</a> neighbours such as <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, as well as Western countries.<sup id="cite_ref-bw1_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bw1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In contrast to his colleagues, he held press conferences during the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a>, and developed a reputation among foreign investors for "getting things done".<sup id="cite_ref-clm_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo spent seven years in the city of Dalian, a lengthy term in comparison to colleagues of the same rank, who are often transferred to different locales throughout their careers. Despite the accompanying economic growth and rise in living standards, Bo's tenure in Dalian has sometimes been criticized as having been too focused on aesthetic development projects such as expansive boulevards, monuments, and large public parks.<sup id="cite_ref-clm_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To make way for his large-scale projects, Bo's administration moved large numbers of local residents from downtown areas into new homes in the city's outskirts. Dalian's greenery was dubbed "Xilai Grass".<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, he spearheaded the construction of a <i><a href="/wiki/Huabiao" title="Huabiao">huabiao</a></i> in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-yazhou_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yazhou-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2000, Bo was frontrunner for the post of Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Shenzhen" title="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</a>, based on his success in making Dalian the "Hong Kong of the North". However it was suggested that Bo was too independent and outspoken for the post. The post went to <a href="/wiki/Yu_Youjun" title="Yu Youjun">Yu Youjun</a> instead.<sup id="cite_ref-SCMP_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCMP-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="15th_Party_Congress">15th Party Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: 15th Party Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/15th_National_Congress_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party">15th Party Congress</a> in 1997, Bo Xilai's family launched an unsuccessful campaign to secure his promotion to become a member of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_CCP" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Committee of the CCP">Central Committee of the CCP</a>. Although <a href="/wiki/Nepotism" title="Nepotism">nepotism</a> was generally frowned upon in China, <a href="/wiki/Bo_Yibo" title="Bo Yibo">Bo Yibo</a>'s ambitions for his son were well-known.<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo Yibo advanced the idea that revolutionary elders should 'nominate' their children to become high officials, and Bo Xilai was selected as his family's 'representative' over his older brother Bo Xicheng,<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> ostensibly because of Xilai's superior academic credentials, which included attendance at the elite Peking University and a master's degree. </p><p>In order to secure Bo Xilai's selection for promotion during the 15th Party Congress, the family launched a nationwide campaign to publicize his son's "achievements" as mayor of Dalian.<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They commissioned author Chen Zufeng to pen a report portraying Bo as a man who is "as statesman-like as <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a>, as environmentally conscious as <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>, and almost as beloved by the public as <a href="/wiki/Princess_Diana" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Diana">Princess Diana</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite the publicity campaign, Bo Xilai failed even to gain a seat in the Liaoning provincial delegation to the Party Congress. Ultimately, Bo Yibo helped him gain a seat with the <a href="/wiki/Shanxi" title="Shanxi">Shanxi</a> delegation, but the younger Bo was unable to secure a promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, Bo Xilai placed second-last in the confirmation vote for membership in the <a href="/wiki/15th_Central_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">15th CCP Central Committee</a>. As he placed in the bottom 5% of candidates, Bo Xilai was denied entry into the elite council, suffering a major political embarrassment.<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's failure to get elected was attributed to a general opposition to nepotism within the Party.<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moreover, during his tenure in Dalian, Bo caused resentment for the amount of 'special favours' that he procured for the coastal city at the expense of the rest of the province.<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His perceived partisan interests locked Bo's kin in a factional struggle against <a href="/wiki/Li_Tieying" title="Li Tieying">Li Tieying</a>, one of China's central leadership figures, who may have created obstacles to his promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-clt_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial_Governor">Provincial Governor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Provincial Governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001, a corruption scandal involving former Liaoning governor <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Guoguang" title="Zhang Guoguang">Zhang Guoguang</a> provided an opportunity for Bo's advancement.<sup id="cite_ref-clm_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Prior to the 15th Party Congress, Bo Yibo and Bo Xilai assisted then-party general secretary Jiang Zemin in preparing to force political rival <a href="/wiki/Qiao_Shi" title="Qiao Shi">Qiao Shi</a> into retirement. The Bo family also supported Jiang's "<a href="/wiki/Three_Stresses_campaign" title="Three Stresses campaign">Three Stresses</a>" (<i>San Jiang</i>) campaign in 1997, which was intended to strengthen ideological conviction and promote internal unity in the Communist Party; however, the campaign was generally seen as lacklustre by observers and not universally embraced even inside the party leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Bos' unwavering support for Jiang was said to have worked in Bo Xilai's favour when the vacancy for Governor of Liaoning opened. Bo became acting governor in 2001 after the dismissal and arrest of Zhang Guoguang,<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was officially confirmed as governor in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-ChinaVitae_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChinaVitae-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In his position as governor, which he held until 2004, Bo gained membership to the Central Committee of the Communist Party.<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his tenure in Liaoning, Bo played a critical role in the promotion of the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Area_Revitalization_Plan" title="Northeast Area Revitalization Plan">Northeast Area Revitalization Plan</a>. Adopted in 2003 by party authorities, the policy aimed to strengthen economic development in the provinces of Liaoning, <a href="/wiki/Jilin" title="Jilin">Jilin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heilongjiang" title="Heilongjiang">Heilongjiang</a>. Bo Xilai was particularly enthusiastic about the policy, stating his desire to see the Northeast become "China's fourth economic engine" (the others being the <a href="/wiki/Pearl_River_Delta" title="Pearl River Delta">Pearl River Delta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yangtze_River_Delta" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze River Delta">Yangtze River Delta</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Bohai_Economic_Rim" title="Bohai Economic Rim">Bohai</a> Economic Region).<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northeast_China" title="Northeast China">The Northeast</a> was at one time known as the "cradle of industrialization" of China. In 1980, industrial output for Liaoning alone was twice that of the <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a>. However, the northeast was left behind amidst market reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, while Guangdong and other provinces along the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a> coasts prospered. Its economy—still largely tied to state-owned enterprises—stagnated relative to other regions, with high unemployment rates.<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The revitalisation plan aimed to address this by reviving the region's traditional industries, strengthening trade ties with and encouraging investment from South Korea and Japan, and experimenting with free trade zones in select cities.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2004, official media reported that foreign direct investment in Liaoning had nearly doubled since the launch in 2003 of the northeastern rejuvenation strategy.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Bo established a reputation as a comparatively clean politician during his tenures in Dalian and as governor of Liaoning,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> he was not immune to corruption allegations. In particular, Bo was the subject of critical investigative reports by Liaoning journalist <a href="/wiki/Jiang_Weiping" title="Jiang Weiping">Jiang Weiping</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Corruption1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corruption1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Whistleblower" class="mw-redirect" title="Whistleblower">whistleblower</a> in the <i>Mu and Ma</i> corruption case in Liaoning – a scandal that Bo benefited from politically. While Bo was not directly involved in the scandal, Jiang accused Bo of providing political cover for his friends and relatives.<sup id="cite_ref-Corruption1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corruption1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Jiang was initially sentenced to eight years in prison on trumped-up charges, for which Bo was criticized, but was released after five years under international pressure.<sup id="cite_ref-clm_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Yang Rong, the former chief executive of Brilliance China Automotive who fled to the United States after getting embroiled in a dispute against state property authorities, accused Bo of interfering in his judicial proceedings in Beijing.<sup id="cite_ref-clm_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, Bo openly clashed with Wen Shizhen, then-party secretary in Liaoning who was technically Bo's superior.<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-clm_18-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wen reportedly criticized Bo for "developing China's cities like Europe and its countryside like Africa," and even held a party to celebrate Bo's departure from Liaoning in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-wines_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wines-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ethan_Gutmann" title="Ethan Gutmann">Ethan Gutmann</a>, citing Falun Gong allegations that Liaoning was the epicenter of organ harvesting from practitioners while Bo was governor,<sup id="cite_ref-Bitter_harvest_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bitter_harvest-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> suggested that he may have used his involvement as a way of building up his political power.<sup id="cite_ref-Bitter_harvest_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bitter_harvest-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/David_Kilgour" title="David Kilgour">David Kilgour</a>, who co-wrote the <a href="/wiki/Kilgour%E2%80%93Matas_report" title="Kilgour–Matas report">Kilgour–Matas report</a> on organ harvesting, claimed Bo may have played a role.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Separately, Falun Gong practitioners abroad filed over ten lawsuits against Bo alleging torture and crimes against humanity.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2009, a Spanish court indicted Bo Xilai and four other officials for <a href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a> against Falun Gong based on those allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-elmundo_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elmundo-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="16th_Party_Congress">16th Party Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: 16th Party Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/16th_Party_Congress_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Party Congress (China)">16th Party Congress</a> in 2002, Bo's age, regional tenures, and patronage links fit the profile for a potential candidate to be groomed for the "<a href="/wiki/Generations_of_Chinese_leadership" title="Generations of Chinese leadership">5th generation of leaders</a>" that would assume power in 2012. His chief competitors were seen as <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a>, then party secretary of <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Li_Keqiang" title="Li Keqiang">Li Keqiang</a>, a populist <i><a href="/wiki/Tuanpai" title="Tuanpai">Tuanpai</a></i> candidate who was the Governor of <a href="/wiki/Henan" title="Henan">Henan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As with the 15th Party Congress five years earlier, the elder Bo lobbied for his son's promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Bo family enjoyed the patronage of Jiang Zemin. However, Bo Xilai's unequivocal support for Jiang strengthened the reluctance of his political opponents to support his nomination. Ultimately, although Bo Xilai remained a top contender for higher promotion, Xi and Li remained the main candidates to succeed <a href="/wiki/Hu_Jintao" title="Hu Jintao">Hu Jintao</a> as <a href="/wiki/Paramount_leader" title="Paramount leader">paramount leader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minister_of_Commerce">Minister of Commerce</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Minister of Commerce"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Secretary_Gutierrez_meets_with_Chinese_Minister_Bo_Xilai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/US_Secretary_Gutierrez_meets_with_Chinese_Minister_Bo_Xilai.jpg/220px-US_Secretary_Gutierrez_meets_with_Chinese_Minister_Bo_Xilai.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/US_Secretary_Gutierrez_meets_with_Chinese_Minister_Bo_Xilai.jpg/330px-US_Secretary_Gutierrez_meets_with_Chinese_Minister_Bo_Xilai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/US_Secretary_Gutierrez_meets_with_Chinese_Minister_Bo_Xilai.jpg/440px-US_Secretary_Gutierrez_meets_with_Chinese_Minister_Bo_Xilai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="565" /></a><figcaption>Commerce Minister Bo meets his American counterpart, <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Gutierrez" title="Carlos Gutierrez">Carlos Gutierrez</a>, during a visit to the United States in 2007</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Signing_of_Terms_of_Reference_for_the_EU-China_Competition_Policy_(2004).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Signing_of_Terms_of_Reference_for_the_EU-China_Competition_Policy_%282004%29.jpg/220px-Signing_of_Terms_of_Reference_for_the_EU-China_Competition_Policy_%282004%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Signing_of_Terms_of_Reference_for_the_EU-China_Competition_Policy_%282004%29.jpg/330px-Signing_of_Terms_of_Reference_for_the_EU-China_Competition_Policy_%282004%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Signing_of_Terms_of_Reference_for_the_EU-China_Competition_Policy_%282004%29.jpg/440px-Signing_of_Terms_of_Reference_for_the_EU-China_Competition_Policy_%282004%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2464" data-file-height="1632" /></a><figcaption>Bo signing "Terms of Reference for the <a href="/wiki/EU" class="mw-redirect" title="EU">EU</a>-China Competition Policy Dialogue" with <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner_for_Competition" title="European Commissioner for Competition">European Commissioner for Competition</a> <a href="/wiki/Mario_Monti" title="Mario Monti">Mario Monti</a>, with the signing witnessed by <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier of the People&#39;s Republic of China">Premier of China</a> <a href="/wiki/Wen_Jiabao" title="Wen Jiabao">Wen Jiabao</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" title="President of the European Commission">President of the European Commission</a> <a href="/wiki/Romano_Prodi" title="Romano Prodi">Romano Prodi</a> in 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>When Hu Jintao succeeded Jiang Zemin as <a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party">CCP General Secretary</a> in late 2002, Bo's career as a local official ended with his appointment to Minister of Commerce in Premier <a href="/wiki/Wen_Jiabao" title="Wen Jiabao">Wen Jiabao</a>'s cabinet to replace <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BC_Fuyuan" title="Lü Fuyuan">Lü Fuyuan</a>, who retired for health reasons. Bo also earned a seat on the <a href="/wiki/16th_Central_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party</a>. </p><p>Bo's stint as Minister of Commerce significantly raised his international profile and generated media attention both in China and abroad. Described as good-looking, articulate and open-minded in his approach to problems,<sup id="cite_ref-Ewing2_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ewing2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's rise from a municipal official to the central government generated great media fanfare and elevated his status to something of a "political star". Bo's political persona was considered a departure from the generally serious and conservative leadership in Beijing. With his youthful vigour, populism, and purported popularity with female reporters, Bo's political rise had been compared to that of <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hlm_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hlm-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo presided over a continued rise in foreign investment in China as Minister of Commerce. His daily schedule was dominated by receiving foreign guests and dignitaries. By the time that he became Minister, he spoke relatively fluent and colloquial English. During a meeting with American officials, Bo reputedly told a struggling interpreter to stop translating because the Chinese officials could understand English and it was wasting time. In May 2004 Bo was one of the few ministers hand-picked to accompany Premier Wen Jiabao on a five-country trip to Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-hlm_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hlm-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The trade policy of the United States toward China also sparked significant controversy. Bo maintained a conciliatory but assertive attitude as he attended talks in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-hlm_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hlm-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On his trips to the United States, he conducted substantive discussions with his American counterparts and signed agreements on intellectual property, the services sector, agricultural products, food safety, and consumer protection.<sup id="cite_ref-hlm_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hlm-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo also oversaw the restructuring of the Ministry, formed from the amalgamation of the National Economics and Commerce Bureau and the Department of International Trade. Bo sought to balance the amount of attention given to foreign investors and domestic commercial institutions. He began tackling the imbalance from the retail sector, whose success up to that point was largely dependent on foreign companies.<sup id="cite_ref-hlm_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hlm-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He drew up plans to protect Chinese industries' competitive position within a domestic market that was quickly being crowded out by foreign competition.<sup id="cite_ref-srw_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srw-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="17th_Party_Congress">17th Party Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: 17th Party Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/17th_National_Congress_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party">17th Party Congress</a> in October 2007, Bo gained a seat on the 25-member <a href="/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">Politburo</a>, effectively China's ruling council. He was then tipped to leave the Ministry of Commerce and take over as CCP Committee secretary of <a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a>. Bo's predecessor, political rival <a href="/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)" title="Wang Yang (politician)">Wang Yang</a>, was reassigned as party secretary of Guangdong. </p><p>At the time, Chongqing was reeling from problems such as air and water pollution, unemployment, poor public health, and complications from the <a href="/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam" title="Three Gorges Dam">Three Gorges Dam</a>. According to analysts, Hu Jintao wanted to transfer his ally Wang Yang out of Chongqing before these problems intensified.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> Bo was initially reluctant to go to Chongqing and was reportedly unhappy with his new assignment. He had hoped to become vice premier instead,<sup id="cite_ref-dw7_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw7-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice Premier <a href="/wiki/Wu_Yi_(politician)" title="Wu Yi (politician)">Wu Yi</a> argued against Bo's promotion to vice-premiership. In particular, Wu was critical of Bo's penchant for self-promotion,<sup id="cite_ref-wines_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wines-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Wen cited international lawsuits against Bo by Falun Gong adherents as a barrier to his holding higher office. </p><p>Bo took up the Chongqing post on 30 November, a month following the conclusion of the Congress, even though Wang Yang had vacated the position on 13 November.<sup id="cite_ref-dw7_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw7-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Whilst some saw this transfer as a 'banishment' from the central government to the hinterlands to keep Bo's perceived arrogance and high-profile antics out of Beijing's view, others considered it a promotion since being the party secretary in one of the four <a href="/wiki/Direct-administered_municipality" title="Direct-administered municipality">direct-administered municipalities</a> came with an <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i> seat on the Politburo.<sup id="cite_ref-dw7_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw7-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bn1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bn1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chongqing">Chongqing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Chongqing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VOA-Bo_Xilai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/VOA-Bo_Xilai.jpg/220px-VOA-Bo_Xilai.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/VOA-Bo_Xilai.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="359" /></a><figcaption>Bo (July 2011)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Chongqing_model">The Chongqing model</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: The Chongqing model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chongqing_model" title="Chongqing model">Chongqing model</a></div> <p>Although Bo was initially unhappy about his reassignment in Chongqing, he soon resolved to use his new position as a staging ground for a return to higher national office.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo made no secret of his desire to enter the nine-member <a href="/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">CCP Politburo Standing Committee</a> (PSC) during the <a href="/wiki/18th_Party_Congress_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Party Congress (China)">18th Party Congress</a> in autumn 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-Kent_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kent-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as all but two of the PSC members—including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao—were expected to retire.<sup id="cite_ref-Ewing2_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ewing2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The transition would be an opportunity for Bo to join the highest echelon of national leadership, likely as a replacement for ally <a href="/wiki/Zhou_Yongkang" title="Zhou Yongkang">Zhou Yongkang</a>, secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Political_and_Legal_Affairs_Commission" title="Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission">CCP Central Political and Legislative Committee</a>, serving as the head of the party's security apparatus.<sup id="cite_ref-Kent_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kent-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-economist.com_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economist.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Chongqing, Bo pioneered a new style of governance dubbed the "Chongqing Model" – a set of social and economic policies intended to address diverse challenges facing modern China following economic reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-liu_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liu-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This made him the champion of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Left" title="Chinese New Left">Chinese New Left</a>, composed of both <a href="/wiki/Maoism" title="Maoism">Maoists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Social democrat">social democrats</a> disillusioned with the country's market-based economic reforms and increasing economic inequality.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Chongqing model was characterized in part by increased state control and the promotion of a neo-leftist ideology. Along with his police chief <a href="/wiki/Wang_Lijun" title="Wang Lijun">Wang Lijun</a>, Bo launched a sweeping campaign against organized crime, and increased the security and police presence in the city. Critics noted these policies were accompanied by the erosion of the rule of law, and allegations surfaced of political and personal rivals being victimized amidst Bo's anti-corruption drive. As a means of addressing declining public morality, Bo launched a "red culture" movement to promote Maoist-era socialist ethics. On the economic front, he actively courted foreign investment—much as he had done in Liaoning. The Chongqing model was also characterized by massive public works programs, subsidized housing for the poor, and social policies intended to make it easier for rural citizens to move to the city, thus reaping the benefits of urban status.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Chongqing model provided an alternate development paradigm that diverged from the policies preferred by those in the national leadership seen as favouring further reform such as Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's leadership in Chongqing dramatically raised his profile, both nationally and internationally. In 2010, he was named as one of the 'World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010' by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-time_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Observers noted that, in China's non-electoral political system, Bo's high-profile presence and bold political maneuvers essentially amounted to a public 'election campaign' for the top leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-lam2_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lam2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, he drew the ire of some of the country's leaders; President Hu and Premier Wen were reluctant to acknowledge Bo publicly, ostensibly due to a discomfort over his leadership style.<sup id="cite_ref-lam2_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lam2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Organized_crime">Organized crime</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Organized crime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chongqing_gang_trials" title="Chongqing gang trials">Chongqing gang trials</a></div> <p>Bo's tenure in Chongqing was dominated by a protracted war against organized crime and corruption known as "<span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%89%93%E9%BB%91#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:打黑">打黑</a></span>" (<i><span lang="zh-Latn">dǎhēi</span></i>; &#39;striking the black&#39;). Between 2009 and 2011, an estimated 5,700 people were arrested in the sweeping campaign that ensnared not only criminals, but also businessmen, members of the police force, judges, government officials, and political adversaries.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lubman_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lubman-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Economist_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economist-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The campaign was overseen by Chongqing police chief <a href="/wiki/Wang_Lijun" title="Wang Lijun">Wang Lijun</a>, whom Bo had worked with previously in Liaoning.<sup id="cite_ref-Ewing2_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ewing2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wen_Qiang" title="Wen Qiang">Wen Qiang</a>, one of the most prominent figures implicated in the trials, had been a prominent municipal official since the days of party secretaries <a href="/wiki/He_Guoqiang" title="He Guoqiang">He Guoqiang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)" title="Wang Yang (politician)">Wang Yang</a>. Wen, the former executive deputy commissioner of the Chongqing police force Public Security for 16 years, was tried and convicted of a litany of crimes and sentenced to death in a sensational headline-grabbing trial. Contrary to the popular perception at the time that the campaign was part of Bo's perceived penchant for self-promotion, China observer Willy Lam suggested that such a large-scale crackdown will have received approval from central authorities, including <a href="/wiki/Hu_Jintao" title="Hu Jintao">Hu Jintao</a>, and that Bo became careful to not let Chongqing appear to be trying to 'set an example' for the rest of the country so he could benefit from the success politically.<sup id="cite_ref-Lam_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lam-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>dahei</i> campaign earned Bo national recognition and widespread popularity in Chongqing—all the more because of the city's historical reputation as a center for criminal activity.<sup id="cite_ref-Kent_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kent-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In contrast to often colourless and orthodox politicians, Bo gained the reputation as a party boss that "got things done."<sup id="cite_ref-guard_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The apparent success of <i>dǎhēi</i> earned Bo 'rock star status', and resulted in calls to replicate the campaign on a nationwide scale. Through the campaign, Bo gained the support of a number of powerful members of the Politburo Standing Committee, including <a href="/wiki/Wu_Bangguo" title="Wu Bangguo">Wu Bangguo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jia_Qinglin" title="Jia Qinglin">Jia Qinglin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Li_Changchun" title="Li Changchun">Li Changchun</a>, Xi Jinping and Zhou Yongkang, all of whom visited Chongqing or praised Bo's achievements sometime between 2010 and 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-liu_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liu-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Bo's campaign was criticized for running roughshod over judicial due process and eroding the rule of law.<sup id="cite_ref-Lubman_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lubman-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Individuals targeted in the campaign were arbitrarily detained by the authorities, with an estimated 1,000 being sent to forced labour.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Lawyers for the accused were intimidated and harassed, and in at least one case, sentenced to 18 months in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-guard_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Allegations also surfaced over the use of torture to extract confessions.<sup id="cite_ref-guard_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moreover, assets seized during the campaign were allegedly redirected to help pay for Bo's popular social housing programs.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> reported that US$11&#160;billion went into government coffers through the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-Lubman_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lubman-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Li Jun, a fugitive businessman, asserted that he became a target of Bo anti-corruption drive as a result of a land dispute with the government. When he refused government demands to give up the land, he claims that he was abducted and tortured, and that US$700&#160;million worth of assets in his business were seized.<sup id="cite_ref-infighting_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infighting-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Red_culture_movement">Red culture movement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Red culture movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Red_culture_movement" title="Red culture movement">Red culture movement</a></div> <p>During his time in Chongqing, Bo initiated a series of Maoist-style campaigns to revive 'red culture' and improve public morale, known as "<span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%94%B1%E7%BA%A2#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:唱红">唱红</a></span>" (<i><span lang="zh-Latn">chànghóng</span></i>; &#39;singing red (songs)&#39;). The initiative included the promotion of Maoist quotes, 'red' songs, revolutionary television programming and operas, and initiatives to encourage students to work in the countryside, akin to the way students were required to do during the <a href="/wiki/Down_to_the_Countryside_Movement" title="Down to the Countryside Movement">Down to the Countryside Movement</a> of the Cultural Revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As part of the movement, Bo and the city's Media Department initiated a "Red Songs campaign" that demanded every district, government department, commercial enterprise, educational institution, state radio and TV stations begin singing 'red songs' praising the achievements of the Communist Party. Bo pledged to reinvigorate the city with the <a href="/wiki/Marxist" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxist">Marxist</a> ideals reminiscent of the Mao era.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the <a href="/wiki/60th_Anniversary_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="60th Anniversary of the People&#39;s Republic of China">60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China</a> celebrations, for instance, Bo sent out 'red text messages' to the city's 13 million mobile phone users.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency" title="Xinhua News Agency">Xinhua</a></i>, Bo's text messages were usually quotes from Mao's <a href="/wiki/Little_Red_Book" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Red Book">Little Red Book</a>, and include phrases such as "I like how chairman Mao puts it: The world is ours, we will all have to work together,"<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and "responsibility and seriousness can conquer the world, and the Chinese Communist Party members represent these qualities."<sup id="cite_ref-Kent_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kent-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo and his team of municipal administrators also erected new Mao statues in Chongqing, while providing 'social security apartments' to the city's less well-off.<sup id="cite_ref-jf2_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jf2-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some scholars have characterized this as an example of the revival of <a href="/wiki/Maoism" title="Maoism">Maoism</a> in the Chinese Communist ethos.<sup id="cite_ref-jf2_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jf2-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reactions to the red culture movement were divided. Bo's revival of Mao-era culture and accompanying social welfare programs were popular within much of the middle to lower income strata of Chongqing society, and made Bo a star with both conventional Marxists and neo-leftists. Bo won praise for returning the city to what some called China's 'true socialist heritage' by de-emphasizing material wealth, and evoked nostalgia to the social egalitarianism that existed during Mao's time.<sup id="cite_ref-Richburg_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richburg-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some retirees were particularly inspired and said they wanted to pass on "revolutionary spirit" to their children, while others participated as a means to praise the Communist Party for the country's economic progress.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The campaign also had many detractors. Some intellectuals and reformers criticized the campaign for being regressive, akin to "being drowned in a red sea", and bringing back painful memories from the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Richburg_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richburg-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-redterror_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redterror-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Several mid-level officials in the city committed suicide due to overwhelming pressure to organize events for the red songs campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-redterror_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redterror-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's critics derisively referred to him as "little Mao".<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Social_policies">Social policies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Social policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A cornerstone of Bo's Chongqing model involved a series of egalitarian social policies aimed to lessen the gap between rich and poor, and ease the rural-urban divide. Bo promoted the notion of pursuing "red GDP"—an economic model embodying communist egalitarianism—and suggested that, if <a href="/wiki/Cake_theory" title="Cake theory">economic development were analogous to 'baking a cake'</a>, then the primary task should be to divide the cake fairly rather than building a larger cake.<sup id="cite_ref-reu_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reu-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>To that end, the city reportedly spent $15.8&#160;billion on public apartment complexes for use by recent college graduates, migrant workers and low-income residents.<sup id="cite_ref-liu_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liu-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2007, the cities of Chongqing and <a href="/wiki/Chengdu" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a> were selected to run pilot projects intended to mitigate the rural-urban divide and ease integration of rural residents into the cities. Under China's <i><a href="/wiki/Hukou_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Hukou system">hukou</a></i> registration system at the time, citizens were classified as either rural or urban—a distinction that affected educational opportunities, health benefits, and social welfare, effectively making rural <i>hukou</i> holders "<a href="/wiki/Second_class_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Second class citizen">second class citizens</a>". Of Chongqing's 32 million residents, only 27% held urban <i>hukou</i> as of 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-EAI_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EAI-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 2007 project made it easier for rural residents to obtain urban status, a policy intended not only to help balance inequality, but also to enable the government to develop underused rural land. Under Bo's leadership, Chongqing established "land exchanges" where rural villages could earn credits for maximizing farmland.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo's approach to social policy was demonstrated during the November 2008 taxi strikes, which saw over 8,000 taxi drivers take to the streets for two days in protests over high fees, unregulated competition and rising fuel costs. Similar protests in China were frequently suppressed—sometimes forcefully—with official media sometimes blaming labour unrest on criminal instigation.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's government instead held a televised roundtable dialogues with the protesters and citizens, and agreed to allow the formation of a trade union. His handling of the situation earned him praise as a comparatively restrained and progressive leader.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Economic_policies">Economic policies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Economic policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another major component of Bo's Chongqing model concerned the city's economic policies. Just as he had done in Liaoning, Bo ambitiously pursued foreign investment in the city, lowering corporate income tax rates (15% compared to the 25% national average), and sought to stimulate rapid urbanization and industrialization.<sup id="cite_ref-EAI_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EAI-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also carried on with policies initiated by his predecessors which focused on domestic consumption, rather than <a href="/wiki/Export-oriented_industrialization" title="Export-oriented industrialization">export-led growth</a>. During his tenure, Chongqing reported annual GDP growth far exceeding the national average. In 2008, for instance, nationwide GDP growth was reported at 8%, while Chongqing reported 14.3%; the same year, foreign trade rose by 28%, and bank loans were up 29%.<sup id="cite_ref-EAI_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EAI-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo's model of economic growth won national and international praise for seamlessly combining foreign investment and state-led growth. However, Bo's critics called the model of "red GDP" – subsidized infrastructure, housing and public works projects – unsustainable and a drain on the city's budget. Some civil servants complained that they were not getting salaries on time.<sup id="cite_ref-redterror_65-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redterror-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Chongqing received a disproportionately high share (some US$34&#160;billion) of stimulus money from <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> in 2008. Political rivals such as Bo's predecessor Wang Yang also suggested that economic figures in Chongqing were "rigged"—artificially inflated through unnecessary construction and public works projects.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership_style">Leadership style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Leadership style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although many of Bo's campaigns earned popular support, especially from the city's poor, his leadership style has been described as "propagandistic," "ruthless," and "arrogant" by subordinates and city officials, academics, journalists, and other professionals.<sup id="cite_ref-wines_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wines-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-redterror_65-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redterror-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He cultivated a casual and charismatic image in a marked departure from Chinese political convention.<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Michael Wines of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> wrote that although Bo was possessed of "prodigious charisma and deep intelligence," these qualities were offset by a "studied indifference to the wrecked lives that littered his path to power<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>... Mr. Bo's ruthlessness stood out, even in a system where the absence of formal rules ensures that only the strongest advance."<sup id="cite_ref-wines_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wines-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo placed onerous demands on government officials in the city, requiring them to be available to work all day and all night, seven days a week.<sup id="cite_ref-redterror_65-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redterror-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He reportedly called subordinates to late-night meetings, publicly criticized and humiliated those with whom he disagreed, and even hit underlings who failed to meet his demands.<sup id="cite_ref-wines_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wines-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to a psychologist quoted by the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Telegraph">Daily Telegraph</a></i>, since Bo Xilai assumed power, "depression, burn out and suicides have all risen among officials<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>... Officials now make up the largest share of patients [seeking] counselling in the city."<sup id="cite_ref-redterror_65-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redterror-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2009, a popular investigative television show on <a href="/wiki/China_Central_Television" title="China Central Television">China Central Television</a> aired a critical story on Bo's anti-crime drive, expressing concern over the apparent disregard for legal due process. In response, Bo used his connections to have the show's host temporarily banned from the airwaves, and its producer moved to another program.<sup id="cite_ref-wines_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wines-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Others who opposed Bo's initiatives were also met with retribution. Li Zhuang, a defense lawyer from Beijing, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison (later reduced to 18 months) in 2009 for attempting to defend one of the high-profile targets of Bo's crackdown.<sup id="cite_ref-wines_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wines-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cheng Li, a scholar at the <a href="/wiki/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a>, said that "Nobody really trusts [Bo]: a lot of people are scared of him, including several princelings who are supposed to be his power base."<sup id="cite_ref-wines_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wines-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alleged_eavesdropping_operations">Alleged eavesdropping operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Alleged eavesdropping operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of Bo's efforts to fight crime and maintain social and political stability in Chongqing, he initiated a major electronic surveillance operation. Wang Lijun, Chongqing's police chief, served as the architect of the state-funded project, which was described in official media as a "comprehensive package bugging system covering telecommunications to the Internet."<sup id="cite_ref-Eavesdrop_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eavesdrop-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The system involved wiretaps, eavesdropping, and monitoring of internet communications, and was designed with the help of cybersecurity expert Fang Binxing, known for his pivotal role in the construction of China's <a href="/wiki/Great_Firewall" title="Great Firewall">Great Firewall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eavesdrop_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eavesdrop-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i>The New York Times</i>, the eavesdropping operations did not only target local criminals, but also the communications of top Chinese leaders, including those of President Hu Jintao.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One source connected to the Chinese leadership said that Bo tried to monitor nearly all central leaders who had visited Chongqing to better understand what they thought of him.<sup id="cite_ref-Eavesdrop_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eavesdrop-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In August 2011, a phone call between Hu Jintao and anti-corruption official <a href="/wiki/Ma_Wen" title="Ma Wen">Ma Wen</a> was found to be wiretapped under Bo's orders. The revelations about the eavesdropping operation resulted in intense scrutiny from the <a href="/wiki/Central_Commission_for_Discipline_Inspection" title="Central Commission for Discipline Inspection">Central Commission for Discipline Inspection</a>. It was also said to have sowed distrust and played a role in the falling out of Bo and his police chief Wang Lijun, who allegedly began to use the same eavesdropping methods against Bo himself. The operations were believed to have contributed to Bo's downfall in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Eavesdrop_75-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eavesdrop-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_of_Neil_Heywood">Death of Neil Heywood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Death of Neil Heywood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 14 November 2011, British citizen <a href="/wiki/Neil_Heywood" title="Neil Heywood">Neil Heywood</a> was found dead in his Chongqing hotel room. At the time, local authorities declared he had died from alcohol over-consumption. The official cause of death was not scrutinized until several months later, when revelations emerged that Heywood's death was a <a href="/wiki/Homicide" title="Homicide">homicide</a>, and Bo Xilai was implicated. </p><p>Heywood served as an intermediary linking Western companies to powerful Chinese politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-au1_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-au1-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was a long-time associate of the Bo family: he reportedly shared a close personal relationship with Bo's wife, <a href="/wiki/Gu_Kailai" title="Gu Kailai">Gu Kailai</a>. Even though it was confirmed that Fido Vivien-May, a vulunteer at <a href="/wiki/Royal_British_Legion" title="Royal British Legion">Royal British Legion</a> whom Gu met through Bo Guagua's language school in <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, introduced and helped Bo Guagua's application to <a href="/wiki/Harrow_School" title="Harrow School">Harrow School</a>, after Bo Xilai's fall, it was widely misreported that Heywood, a Harrow alumnus, had helped Bo Guagua earn admission to Harrow School, when Heywood in fact did not know the Bo family at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wp-20120411_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-20120411-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Heywood later served as a middleman for the family, helping them move and manage properties overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph05-06-2012_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph05-06-2012-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2011, Heywood reportedly had a business dispute with Gu Kailai, which escalated that Heywood threatened to reveal the family's business dealings and "destroy" Bo Guagua, who was studying in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tuk-expose_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuk-expose-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Heywood was then poisoned by Gu and her aide Zhang Xiaojun.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In August 2012, Gu was convicted of the murder and receive a suspended death sentence, which was commuted to life imprisonment in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Downfall">Downfall</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Downfall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wang_Lijun_incident">Wang Lijun incident</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Wang Lijun incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wang_Lijun_incident" title="Wang Lijun incident">Wang Lijun incident</a></div> <p>In early 2012, the party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection bolstered its presence within Chongqing as the city's leaders came under investigation. Much of the attention focused on Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, who may have been under investigation for his role in a corruption case in Liaoning. Growing scrutiny over the city's wiretapping operation against senior leaders also likely fell mainly on Wang.<sup id="cite_ref-Eavesdrop_75-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eavesdrop-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although details are scarce, several sources have suggested that Wang's resentment against Bo grew amidst the investigations—resentment that was compounded when Wang realized that he and his wife had also been targets of wiretapping under Bo's orders.<sup id="cite_ref-Eavesdrop_75-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eavesdrop-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moreover, Wang was privy to details of Neil Heywood's death, and had reportedly attempted to voice his concerns to Bo about alleged poisoning. Around 16 January, Wang is believed to have confronted Bo over evidence that implicated Bo's wife in the murder. Although Bo initially agreed to allow an inquiry, he then changed course and sought to obstruct investigations.<sup id="cite_ref-inquiry_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquiry-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wang was abruptly demoted on 2 February to the far less prestigious position of Vice-mayor overseeing education, science, and environmental affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo placed Wang under surveillance, and several of his close associates were reportedly taken into custody. Some reports allege that Bo may have been plotting to have Wang assassinated.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 February 2012, apparently fearing for his life, Wang traveled to the <a href="/wiki/Consulate_General_of_the_United_States,_Chengdu" title="Consulate General of the United States, Chengdu">U.S. consulate</a> in the nearby city of Chengdu, bringing evidence implicating Bo and his family in the Neil Heywood murder. According to reports, Wang sought and was denied asylum in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He remained in the consulate for approximately 24 hours before leaving "of his own volition" and being taken into the custody of state security officials dispatched from Beijing.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Local media in Chongqing announced that he was on a mental health-related sick leave.<sup id="cite_ref-Ford1_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ford1-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A day after Wang's leave, several overseas Chinese-language news websites posted an open letter allegedly penned by Wang, which sharply criticized Bo as a "hypocrite" and "the greatest gangster in China" and accused Bo of corruption.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Without knowing what incriminating material Wang may have held against Bo, even Bo's supporters in China's top leadership were reluctant to vouch for him.<sup id="cite_ref-mm1_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm1-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo responded in an unusually open press conference during the <a href="/wiki/2012_National_People%27s_Congress" title="2012 National People&#39;s Congress">2012 National People's Congress</a>, acknowledging "negligent supervision" of his subordinates, saying he may have "relied upon the wrong person".<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Removal_from_posts">Removal from posts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Removal from posts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 March 2012, Bo was dismissed as Chongqing party secretary and its related municipal posts, while temporarily retaining a seat on the Politburo. Due to the potentially destructive effects Bo's dismissal would have on party unity, party elders were consulted on the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt4_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt4-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The decision was reportedly made at a meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Politburo Standing Committee">Politburo Standing Committee</a>, which Bo had been expected to gain a position on in the future, on 7 March. Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Political_and_Legal_Affairs_Commission" title="Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission">CPLC</a> Zhou Yongkang cast a lone dissenting vote.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt4_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt4-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 14 March, Bo was reprimanded by Premier Wen Jiabao during the <a href="/wiki/Press_Conference_of_the_Premier_of_the_State_Council" title="Press Conference of the Premier of the State Council">Premier's annual press conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc20120315_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc20120315-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-te2_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-te2-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wen called the achievements of Chongqing "significant," but the result of "multiple administrations," i.e., not just Bo himself. Wen also made numerous allusions to the damage wrought by the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>, an indirect rebuke of Bo's efforts to revive "red culture".<sup id="cite_ref-te2_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-te2-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Addressing high-level political changes by a Premier to an open public forum was unprecedented. Political observers believe that Wen's remarks and Bo's downfall represented a consensus within the central leadership that Bo not only needed to shoulder the responsibility for the Wang Lijun scandal, but also represented a political triumph for the 'liberal reformer' wing of the Communist Party.<sup id="cite_ref-dw8_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw8-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 April 2012, Bo was suspended from the CCP Central Committee and Politburo, pending investigation for "serious disciplinary violations." Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, was named a prime suspect in the inquiry into the death of British businessman Neil Heywood.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The announcement, carrying criminal implications, was the death knell for Bo's political career.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt2_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt2-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scm3_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scm3-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 September 2012, the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party adopted a decision to expel him from the party. The decision was ratified by a full plenary session of the Central Committee on 4 November. He was accused of major disciplinary violations and corruption charges during his tenure in Dalian, the Ministry of Commerce and Chongqing, including in relation to the Gu Kailai case.<sup id="cite_ref-xinhua_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xinhua-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 26 October 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Standing_Committee_of_the_National_People%27s_Congress" title="Standing Committee of the National People&#39;s Congress">Standing Committee</a> of the 11th <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People&#39;s Congress">National People's Congress</a> expelled him as a deputy to the national legislature, removing his final public post and setting the stage for his trial.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_reactions">Public reactions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Public reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bo's downfall elicited strong reactions among the Chinese public and with commentators across the political spectrum.<sup id="cite_ref-ft1_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft1-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Leftist websites such as <i><a href="/wiki/Utopia_(internet_forum)" title="Utopia (internet forum)">Utopia</a></i>, <i>Red China</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Maoflag" class="mw-redirect" title="Maoflag">Maoflag</a></i> were full of angry commentary over Bo's dismissal. These websites were shut down for a period of "maintenance" shortly after.<sup id="cite_ref-ft1_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft1-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scm2_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scm2-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Leftist commentators voiced support for Bo: <a href="/wiki/Kong_Qingdong" title="Kong Qingdong">Kong Qingdong</a> called Bo's dismissal 'a plot by enemies of the state'; <a href="/wiki/Sima_Nan" title="Sima Nan">Sima Nan</a> said associating Bo with the Cultural Revolution was a 'smear campaign';<sup id="cite_ref-smn_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smn-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sima's pro-Bo microblogs were censored.<sup id="cite_ref-scm2_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scm2-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Large numbers of sympathetic posts for Bo appeared in microblogs from Chongqing, and Dalian, where Bo was once mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-ft1_107-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft1-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tgm3_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tgm3-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Global_Times" title="Global Times">Global Times</a></i> also wrote a sympathetic editorial. Liberal media reacted positively, criticizing Bo's style of '<a href="/wiki/Personality_cult" class="mw-redirect" title="Personality cult">personality-based rule</a>' as dangerous and regressive.<sup id="cite_ref-dw3_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw3-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Right-leaning commentators said Bo's downfall signified a 'correct orientation' to China's future development.<sup id="cite_ref-dw3_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw3-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Southern Media Group editor Yan Lieshan remarked that Bo correctly identified China's problems but prescribed the wrong solution.<sup id="cite_ref-dw3_111-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw3-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Businesspeople whose assets were seized by Bo's administration in Chongqing also reacted positively.<sup id="cite_ref-ft1_107-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft1-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo's dismissal caused political shockwaves unseen since the <a href="/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiananmen Square protests of 1989">Tiananmen Square protests of 1989</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt2_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt2-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and exposing internal conflicts within the Communist Party. In the weeks following 15 March, party authorities deliberated on Bo's case.<sup id="cite_ref-dw4_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw4-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the absence of official reports of the proceedings, microblogs churned out a flood of speculation, including rumours of a coup.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In response, the authorities instructed newspapers and websites to strictly report only official releases, and arrested six people accused of "rumourmongering".<sup id="cite_ref-dw4_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw4-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aware of its potentially divisive impact, authorities carefully controlled media coverage of Bo's removal from office. State media reported 'pledges of loyalty' to the party's decision to disgrace Bo, including statements from the new Chongqing party authorities, Beijing municipal organs, and grassroots party members rallying to the <a href="/wiki/Party_line_(politics)" title="Party line (politics)">party line</a>. The party's mouthpiece <i>People's Daily</i> issued a front-page editorial calling for unity behind the "correct decision".<sup id="cite_ref-scm3_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scm3-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dw4_113-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw4-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The military held 'political education' sessions on short notice, stressing unity and loyalty to the Party under the leadership of Hu Jintao.<sup id="cite_ref-wp1_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp1-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's downfall also affected his ally Zhou Yongkang, who had reportedly relinquished his operational control over Chinese security institutions and lost the right to influence who would succeed him at the 18th Party Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trial">Trial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Trial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2013, Chinese prosecution authorities charged Bo with bribery, abuse of power and corruption, paving the way for his trial.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the build-up to the trial, <a href="/wiki/Song_Yangbiao" title="Song Yangbiao">Song Yangbiao</a>, a prominent leftist supporter of Bo was detained by police after he urged people to protest against the trial.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The verdict and sentence brought to close one of the most lurid political scandals in the history of China under Communist rule.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A few days before the trial, Wang Xuemei, a prominent forensic scientist who was vice director of the Chinese Forensic Medicine Association and of the Supreme Court's Prosecutorial Research Center, resigned from her positions. Wang had publicly questioned the forensic evidence used in the trial of Bo's wife Gu Kailai.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Defense counsel for Bo was Beijing-based <a href="/wiki/DeHeng_Law_Offices" title="DeHeng Law Offices">DeHeng Law Offices</a>, a corporate law firm with deep political connections to the state.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> article on the law firm's role in the trial described it as acting as an "intermediary" that facilitated between Bo, his relatives and prosecutors the negotiation of "an outcome acceptable to all sides in the run-up to the trial—and to help ensure that the trial itself goes according to plan".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning on 22 August 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Jinan" title="Jinan">Jinan</a> Intermediate People's Court heard Bo's case. Bo faced three charges: bribery, abuse of power, and <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a>. The prosecutors alleged that Bo received the equivalent of some 21.79&#160;million yuan (US$3.56&#160;million) in bribes from businessmen <a href="/wiki/Xu_Ming" title="Xu Ming">Xu Ming</a> and Tang Xiaolin. At the trial Xu testified that he gave Bo's wife Gu Kailai $3.23&#160;million in 2000 to buy the villa <i>Fontaine St-Georges</i> in Nice, France, and that he paid for their son <a href="/wiki/Bo_Guagua" title="Bo Guagua">Bo Guagua</a>'s travel and credit card bills. Bo Xilai cross-examined Xu and denied knowledge of many of the payments.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's trial also featured a testy exchange between Bo and his former lieutenant Wang Lijun, during which Bo claimed that his knowledge of Wang’s crush on Gu was the real reason for Wang’s defection to the U.S. consulate.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The proceedings of the trial were relayed in real time via the court’s Weibo account,<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but parts of Bo’s testimony, particularly those regarding the threats and mistreatment he experienced during the investigation and his emotional remarks about his wife, were censored. Some details omitted from the trial transcript on Weibo include Bo's testimony that he had been interrogated hundreds of times and had fainted 27 times, and that he had confessed to one bribery charge the previous year only after being warned that his wife could face the death penalty and his son, <a href="/wiki/Bo_Guagua" title="Bo Guagua">Bo Guagua</a>, who had just graduated from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, could be issued a <a href="/wiki/Interpol_notice" title="Interpol notice">Red Notice</a> and brought back to China. "I felt like there were two other lives tethered to mine," Bo said.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eventually, at his trial, Bo recanted a series of confessions he had made during the investigation, denying all charges against him.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 22 September, the court found him guilty on all counts, including accepting bribes and abuses of power, stripped him of all his personal assets, and sentenced him to <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Not long after the trial, on 6 November, citizen activist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_Zheng_(activist)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang Zheng (activist) (page does not exist)">Wang Zheng</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Zhi_Xian_Party" title="Zhi Xian Party">Zhi Xian Party</a>, which supports Communist Party rule but criticizes it failing to uphold the constitution. Bo Xilai was elected the party's "Chairman for life". Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau banned Zhi Xian Party on 2 December 2013 and Wang Zheng was later arrested in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chinese authorities attempted but failed to confiscate Bo’s €6.95 million villa in Cannes, a key piece of evidence in his bribery charges, which had been purchased by <a href="/wiki/Xu_Ming" title="Xu Ming">Xu Ming</a> and held by Xu’s girlfriend, former <a href="/wiki/China_Central_Television" title="China Central Television">CCTV</a> host Jiang Feng Dolby, a British citizen, as an intermediary for the Bo family.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The villa was sold in 2015, but the identities of both the seller and the buyer remain unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Bo‘s fall, Xi Jinping's accession to power resulted in a series of major political changes with significant consequences. Bo's former supporter Zhou Yongkang retired in 2012, but was caught up in Xi Jinping's <a href="/wiki/Anti-corruption_campaign_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-corruption campaign in China">anti-corruption</a> dragnet in 2013, detained for investigation, and eventually sentenced to life in prison. In addition, Zhou was unable to select the successor to his office, possibly as a result of his role in the Bo Xilai scandal. The head of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Political_and_Legal_Affairs_Commission" title="Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission">Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission</a>, which Zhou headed, no longer held a seat on the Politburo Standing Committee following the 18th Party Congress, as the number of seats on the body were reduced from nine to seven. The anti-corruption campaign following the 18th Party Congress became the biggest of its kind in the history of China under Communist rule. By 2014, Bo had been branded by some media outlets outside of China as part of a so-called "New <a href="/wiki/Gang_of_Four" title="Gang of Four">Gang of Four</a>" composed of disgraced officials <a href="/wiki/Zhou_Yongkang" title="Zhou Yongkang">Zhou Yongkang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xu_Caihou" title="Xu Caihou">Xu Caihou</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ling_Jihua" title="Ling Jihua">Ling Jihua</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newgang_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newgang-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo's chief ideological rival, former Guangdong party secretary <a href="/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)" title="Wang Yang (politician)">Wang Yang</a>, went on to become Vice-Premier in 2013 and eventually joined the Politburo Standing Committee in 2017, the party's top leadership council. <a href="/wiki/Wen_Jiabao" title="Wen Jiabao">Wen Jiabao</a>, who was seen as Bo's foremost critic in the top leadership, suffered significant public embarrassment himself over a <i>New York Times</i> article about his family's vast empire of wealth whose release coincided closely with Bo's dismissal.<sup id="cite_ref-Wen_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wen-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Huang_Qifan" title="Huang Qifan">Huang Qifan</a>, the mayor of Chongqing long seen as an ally of Bo, continued serving in his position as Mayor of Chongqing until his resignation in 2016. <a href="/wiki/Wang_Lijun" title="Wang Lijun">Wang Lijun</a> was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for defection, corruption, and abuse of power.<sup id="cite_ref-Wang_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wang-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_alignment_and_affiliations">Political alignment and affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Political alignment and affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the course of his career, Bo Xilai was the beneficiary of considerable patronage from former Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He is thus associated with Jiang's faction,<sup id="cite_ref-Newsweek2009_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newsweek2009-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> sometimes referred to as the "elitists," that is generally known to favor a model that emphasizes free trade, economic development in the coastal regions, and export-led growth. It is a coalition composed largely of "<a href="/wiki/Princeling" class="mw-redirect" title="Princeling">princelings</a>" (the children of high-ranking former party leaders), business people, leaders of coastal cities, and members of the erstwhile "<a href="/wiki/Shanghai_clique" title="Shanghai clique">Shanghai clique</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-ChengLi_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChengLi-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By contrast, the "populist" coalition of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao advocated more balanced economic development and improvements to China's social safety net.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The populist faction comprised rural leaders, socialist intellectuals, and several leaders who rose to prominence through their connections with the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Youth_League_of_China" title="Communist Youth League of China">Communist Youth League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChengLi_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChengLi-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Bo was initially identified with the elitist bloc during his time in Liaoning and as Minister of Commerce, during his tenure in the interior city of Chongqing, he adopted a number of populist policies typically associated with the conservative left. Namely, he implemented social housing programs, gave residency status (and therefore the associated social welfare benefits) to rural migrant workers, and emphasized a need for a more balanced distribution of wealth.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although Bo relentlessly pursued technology, capital, and business opportunities, he also spearheaded a large number of government programs to help the working class and disadvantaged groups.<sup id="cite_ref-liu_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liu-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's campaigns against corruption also allegedly seized the assets of private entrepreneurs, in turn allegedly funneling these funds into his own personal wealth, as well as (more publicly) state projects and welfare programs, effectively re-asserting state control over wealth.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also sought to promote "red culture," and mandated the revival of Mao-era slogans and songs, evoking memories that were romantic to the conservative left, but painful to the liberal right of Chinese politics. </p><p>Bo's policies in Chongqing ultimately made him a prominent figure among neo-Maoists and leftists,<sup id="cite_ref-rr_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and a representative of the conservative wing of the Communist Party. Although Bo did not favor the discontinuation of market economics or a return to Mao-era policies, he was seen to advocate a strong role for the state in peoples' lives.<sup id="cite_ref-rr2_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr2-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's anti-corruption campaign, in particular, earned him a reputation for heavy-handedness and authoritarian methods in crime and punishment.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo's policies put him in opposition to the more liberal and reform-oriented faction, particularly Premier Wen Jiabao and Guangdong party secretary <a href="/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)" title="Wang Yang (politician)">Wang Yang</a>, who favored the strengthening of rule of law and a continuation of political reform.<sup id="cite_ref-rr_52-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rr2_142-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rr2-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To observers, Bo and Wang's <a href="/wiki/Cake_theory" title="Cake theory">verbal jousting</a> over the future direction of development marked an increasing polarization of Chinese politics into leftist and reformer camps.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_marriage">First marriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: First marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bo's first wife was Li Danyu, an army surgeon and daughter of the Chinese politician <a href="/wiki/Li_Xuefeng" title="Li Xuefeng">Li Xuefeng</a>. The two met in 1975, when Bo was working as a manual laborer at a factory in Beijing. They wed in September 1976 and had a son the following year, Li Wangzhi (<span lang="zh">李望知</span>), born Bo Wangzhi (<span lang="zh">薄望知</span>), who also goes by Brendan or Brandon Li, and Li Xiaobai.<sup id="cite_ref-wong_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wong-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1978, the <i><a href="/wiki/Gaokao" title="Gaokao">gaokao</a></i> was re-instated and Bo Xilai was admitted to <a href="/wiki/Peking_University" title="Peking University">Peking University</a>, where Gu Kailai was also a student. On their son's fourth birthday, June 20, 1981, Bo surprised Li by asking for a divorce. Li refused, but moved out of their home at <a href="/wiki/Zhongnanhai" title="Zhongnanhai">Zhongnanhai</a>. The case went to court and the divorce was completed in 1984. Gu, in a book she wrote, said she met Bo in 1984 in Dalian, but Li claimed in their divorce case that Bo had been in an affair with Gu after the two met at Peking University. After the divorce, Li did not stay in contact with Bo and insisted that their son change his surname from Bo to Li.<sup id="cite_ref-wong_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wong-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-li_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-li-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, when <a href="/wiki/Bo_Yibo" title="Bo Yibo">Bo Yibo</a> retired, Li Wangzhi moved into <a href="/wiki/Zhongnanhai" title="Zhongnanhai">Zhongnanhai</a> to live with his grandfather; he rarely saw his father, Bo Xilai, and barely associated with him during the latter's political heyday. In 1996, Li graduated from Peking University Law School with an <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LLB</a> degree and in 2003 from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>’s School of International and Public Affairs with a master’s degree in international affairs. He was then hired by <a href="/wiki/Citigroup" title="Citigroup">Citigroup</a>, before becoming a businessman, active in Dalian and Beijing. He founded an investment company named "Chong’er" and adopting the pseudonym "Xiaobai." Historically, <a href="/wiki/Duke_Wen_of_Jin" title="Duke Wen of Jin">Chong’er</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Duke_Xian_of_Jin" title="Duke Xian of Jin">Duke Xian of Jin</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period" title="Spring and Autumn period">Spring and Autumn period</a>, fled his home after being persecuted by his father’s concubine and her son, both of whom eventually died in court infighting and Chong’er returned to take power as <a href="/wiki/Duke_Wen_of_Jin" title="Duke Wen of Jin">Duke Wen of Jin</a>. <a href="/wiki/Duke_Huan_of_Qi" title="Duke Huan of Qi">Xiaobai</a>, the brother of <a href="/wiki/Duke_Xiang_of_Qi" title="Duke Xiang of Qi">Duke Xiang of Qi</a> during the same era, also fled his home to avoid the chaos under his brother's rule. After Duke Xiang was assassinated by a minister, Xiaobai returned for the throne, becoming <a href="/wiki/Duke_Huan_of_Qi" title="Duke Huan of Qi">Duke Huan of Qi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_147-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2007, <a href="/wiki/Gu_Kailai" title="Gu Kailai">Gu Kailai</a> fainted at <a href="/wiki/Bo_Yibo" title="Bo Yibo">Bo Yibo</a>’s funeral, which Li Wangzhi also attended. Doctors later informed her that the <a href="/wiki/Cordyceps" title="Cordyceps">cordyceps</a> capsules she had been taking were poisoned by lead and mercury. Gu was convinced that Li Wangzhi poisoned her and reported to the Beijing police, only to be dismissed. In late 2007, <a href="/wiki/Xu_Ming" title="Xu Ming">Xu Ming</a> recommended <a href="/wiki/Wang_Lijun" title="Wang Lijun">Wang Lijun</a> to Gu to handle the case, which became known as "12/06 Special Case" as on December 6, 2007, Wang established a task force, which soon arrested Gu's driver and another staff member, both were detained in <a href="/wiki/Shenyang" title="Shenyang">Shenyang</a> for five years without trial and were only released after the <a href="/wiki/Neil_Heywood" title="Neil Heywood">Neil Heywood</a> case came to light. In October 2011, Bo Xilai relayed Gu‘s suspicions that his eldest son had poisoned her to Li Danyu’s older brother, Li Xiaoxue, who is married to Gu’s older sister. Li Xiaoxue dismissed the suspicions, and Bo was reassured. Both Li Danyu and her son denied the allegations of poisoning Gu.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After Li Wangzhi married the daughter of a Dalian entrepurneur, Gu also reportedly pressured his husband to undermine the company of Li's father-in-law and revoke its import-export rights.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Li remarked publicly that his father's arrest "destroyed his life".<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In August 2013, he attended the opening session of Bo’s trial, while Bo’s second son, <a href="/wiki/Bo_Guagua" title="Bo Guagua">Bo Guagua</a>, was absent, remaining in the United States. It was the first time Li saw his father after the feneral of his grandfather in 2007. At the trial, Bo referred to his eldest son as "Bo Wangzhi": "Gu Kailai went to great lengths to convince me that Bo Guagua was capable, while Bo Wangzhi was not."<sup id="cite_ref-:5_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo also expressed regret over their six-year alienation caused by the "12/06 Special Case," during which he was unaware that Li had gotten married and had a child.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_149-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p> On New Year’s Day 2015, Li Wangzhi published a post on Weibo, which was censored afterwards, revealing his father’s condition in prison: "His health is okay; despite the limited conditions, he can receive treatment when needed." Li also shared: </p><blockquote><p>A year ago, around this time, my father and I spoke face-to-face for the first time in seven years. His first words to me were: "The materials accusing you of poisoning Kailai and me are in the cabinet behind me, this thick (gesturing about a foot). I never believed any of it." I couldn’t hold back my tears. </p><p>But it was this fabricated so-called "12/06 Special Case" that implicated numerous individuals from the Beijing and Chongqing <a href="/wiki/Public_security_bureau_(China)" title="Public security bureau (China)">Public Security Bureaus</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Central_Guard_Bureau" title="Central Guard Bureau">Central Guard Bureau</a>, separating father and son as if between life and death. To this day, the case remains unresolved, with no one held accountable. Those who created and spread the case have neither clarified the truth nor apologized. Aren’t both my father and I victims of this case? </p><p> In 2014, remarkably, I saw him more often than in any other year I can recall in the past 30 years, which brought me great warmth. I took every opportunity to visit him, and I hope, within the bounds of the law, to have more chances to do so. After all, life is short. Sometimes I reflect: if I don’t see him at a funeral, it’s in a courtroom or a prison. Is that a blessing or a tragedy? One can’t help but feel at the mercy of fate.<sup id="cite_ref-wangz_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wangz-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_154-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_marriage">Second marriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Second marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bo's second wife is <a href="/wiki/Gu_Kailai" title="Gu Kailai">Gu Kailai</a>, a prominent lawyer. Gu's father, Gu Jingsheng, was a Communist revolutionary. Her mother, Fan Chengxiu, was a descendant of the renowned <a href="/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a> chancellor and poet <a href="/wiki/Fan_Zhongyan" title="Fan Zhongyan">Fan Zhongyan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WCT_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCT-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bigs_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bigs-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo and Gu were schoolmates at Peking University, and according to Li Danyu, Bo's first wife, Bo had an affair with Gu at the time. According to Gu, however, she first met Bo in Dalian in 1984. The two married in 1986 and had a son, <a href="/wiki/Bo_Guagua" title="Bo Guagua">Bo Guagua</a>, in 1987, after which Gu founded the Kailai Law Firm in Dalian. In 1995, the firm relocated its headquarters to Beijing and closed its Dalian branch in 1999. In 2001, it was renamed Beijing Angdao Law Firm.<sup id="cite_ref-WCT_156-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCT-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WSJ2_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ2-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The couple drew criticism for using Bo's political clout to further the interests of his wife and her law firm.<sup id="cite_ref-SecretFiles_9-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SecretFiles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo denied that his wife had profited from his position, saying that his wife had retired her legal practice while the couple lived in Dalian in the 1990s. Bo said that Gu "now basically just stays at home, doing some housework for me."<sup id="cite_ref-wsj1_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj1-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jiang_Weiping" title="Jiang Weiping">Jiang Weiping</a> claimed that Gu served as Bo's "gatekeeper" when Bo was the mayor of Dalian, regularly accepting gifts and bribes from property developers seeking access to him, and from party officials seeking government appointments.<sup id="cite_ref-GS1_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GS1-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There was speculation that Bo may have attempted to interfere with a corruption investigation into his wife prior to the Wang Lijun incident.<sup id="cite_ref-death20120326smh_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death20120326smh-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2012, Gu was convicted of the murder of British businessman <a href="/wiki/Neil_Heywood" title="Neil Heywood">Neil Heywood</a> after a dispute over money which purportedly escalated until he threatened her son's life. She was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, which was commuted to life imprisonment in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-bigs_157-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bigs-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After discovering that Bo had an affair, out of spite, Gu left for Britain with their son in December 1999. She lived mainly there until 2007, while <a href="/wiki/Bo_Guagua" title="Bo Guagua">Bo Guagua</a> attended <a href="/wiki/Harrow_School" title="Harrow School">Harrow School</a> from 2001 to 2006, before going on to gain a bachelor's degree in <a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_Politics_and_Economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosophy, Politics and Economics">Philosophy, Politics and Economics</a> from <a href="/wiki/Balliol_College,_Oxford" title="Balliol College, Oxford">Balliol College, Oxford</a> in 2010, a master's degree in public administration from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School">Harvard Kennedy School</a> in 2012, and a JD degree from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School">Columbia Law School</a> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-jp_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jp-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo Guagua's high-profile and privileged lifestyle has attracted media attention in China and beyond. Both Guagua and his father had repeatedly denied allegations that Guagua was the "playboy" that he was often portrayed.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj1_159-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj1-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jp_163-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jp-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Asked how he could afford his son's tuition fees on his estimated annual salary of $22,000,<sup id="cite_ref-jp_163-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jp-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo replied that his son received "full scholarships" from the respective institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj1_159-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj1-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the veracity of this assertion has been questioned by several sources.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From around 2010 to late 2011, Bo Guagua dated Sabrina Chen Xiaodan, the granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/Chen_Yun" title="Chen Yun">Chen Yun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bo Guagua has not returned to China after his parents' arrests in 2012. After law school, Bo has lived in Canada. From late 2016 to early 2021, he worked as a business analyst for the <a href="/wiki/Power_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Corporation">Power Corporation</a> owned by the <a href="/wiki/Paul_Desmarais" title="Paul Desmarais">Desmarais family</a>, who have maintained close ties to the Bo family.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He married Deffany Hsu Hui-yü, his schoolmate at Columbia University and the granddaughter of Hsu Wen-cheng, a <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> politician and the founder <a href="/wiki/Luodong_Bo-ai_Hospital" title="Luodong Bo-ai Hospital">Luodong Bo-ai Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yilan_County,_Taiwan" title="Yilan County, Taiwan">Yilan County</a>, Taiwan. The couple held a wedding banquet in <a href="/wiki/Hsinchu_County" title="Hsinchu County">Hsinchu County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> in November 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Affairs">Affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bo has a reputation of a womanizer, who is said to have had more than 100 girlfriends, favouring celebrities and television hosts.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His womanising is said to push his wife, Gu, into relying on a circle of close confidants, including Patrick Henri Devillers, Larry Cheng, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Heywood" title="Neil Heywood">Neil Heywood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wang_Lijun" title="Wang Lijun">Wang Lijun</a>, usually leading to speculation about romantic relationships.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In September 2012, <a href="/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency" title="Xinhua News Agency">Xinhua News Agency</a>’s official announcement of Bo’s expulsion from the CCP cited, among other charges, that "Bo had affairs and maintained improper sexual relationships with a number of women."<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2013, Bo admitted during his trial that he had been unfaithful to his wife, which drove her to take away their son, <a href="/wiki/Bo_Guagua" title="Bo Guagua">Bo Guagua</a>, to England.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Jiang_Weiping" title="Jiang Weiping">Jiang Weiping</a>, during Bo’s time in Dalian in the 1990s, he was said to maintain two high-end hotel rooms for liaisons with his mistresses, who were compensated with jobs and favors. Taiwanese-American businessman Larry Cheng, a confidant of Gu, revealed that when Bo was having an affair with Zhang Weijie, a hostess at Dalian TV, Gu once called him, saying she couldn’t sleep and was weeping uncontrollably. Zhang, one of Bo’s best-known mistresses, disappeared in the late 1990s and has since become the subject of gossip and urban legend, with some speculating that Gu murdered her after Zhang became pregnant with Bo’s child.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_170-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Jiang Weiping instead claimed that Zhang was forced out of Dalian by Gu and financially compensated by Wu Wenkang, Bo’s secretary at the time, after which she studied at the <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Film_Academy" title="Beijing Film Academy">Beijing Film Academy</a> and eventually emigrated overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bo was romantically linked to actress Ma Xiaoqian, who had admitted in interviews prior to Bo’s fall that she had been in a relationship with a high-ranking official.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2012, an American website <a href="/wiki/Boxun" title="Boxun">Boxun</a> baselessly reported that movie star <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Ziyi" title="Zhang Ziyi">Zhang Ziyi</a> was paid $100 million to sleep with Bo and other top Chinese officials, a claim that was widely reposted. Zhang sued Boxun in a US court for <a href="/wiki/Defamation" title="Defamation">defamation</a>. In December 2013, Boxun settled the case with Zhang and issued an apology<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Zhang also sued <a href="/wiki/Next_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Next Media">Next Media</a> in Hong Kong and Taiwan over the similar reports by the group's two titles, both citing Boxun. She won the case in Hong Kong<sup id="cite_ref-defamation_181-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defamation-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but lost in Taiwan.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2019 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Laundromat_(2019_film)" title="The Laundromat (2019 film)">The Laundromat</a></i>, Bo was portrayed by actor Jesse Wang. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Liaoning" title="Politics of Liaoning">Politics of Liaoning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Chongqing" title="Politics of Chongqing">Politics of Chongqing</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo_Xilai&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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title="Yan Hongyan">Yan Hongyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren_Baige" title="Ren Baige">Ren Baige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lan_Yinong" title="Lan Yinong">Lan Yinong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duan_Siying" title="Duan Siying">Duan Siying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/He_Yunfeng" title="He Yunfeng">He Yunfeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu_Dadong" title="Lu Dadong">Lu Dadong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qian_Min" title="Qian Min">Qian Min</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ding_Changhe&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ding Changhe (page does not exist)">Ding Changhe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_Qian_(politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang Qian (politician) (page does not exist)">Wang Qian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liao_Bokang&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Liao Bokang (page does not exist)">Liao Bokang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiao_Yang_(governor)" title="Xiao Yang (governor)">Xiao Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sun_Tongchuan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sun Tongchuan (page does not exist)">Sun Tongchuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Delin" title="Zhang Delin">Zhang Delin</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/He_Guoqiang" title="He Guoqiang">He Guoqiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Zhendong" title="Huang Zhendong">Huang Zhendong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)" title="Wang Yang (politician)">Wang Yang</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bo Xilai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Dejiang" title="Zhang Dejiang">Zhang Dejiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Zhengcai" title="Sun Zhengcai">Sun Zhengcai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Min%27er" title="Chen Min&#39;er">Chen Min'er</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuan_Jiajun" title="Yuan Jiajun">Yuan Jiajun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chongqing_Municipal_People%27s_Congress" 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Xilian" title="Chen Xilian">Chen Xilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cao_Diqiu" title="Cao Diqiu">Cao Diqiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren_Baige" title="Ren Baige">Ren Baige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lan_Yinong" title="Lan Yinong">Lan Yinong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duan_Siying" title="Duan Siying">Duan Siying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/He_Yunfeng" title="He Yunfeng">He Yunfeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu_Dadong" title="Lu Dadong">Lu Dadong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qian_Min" title="Qian Min">Qian Min</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ding_Changhe&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ding Changhe (page does not exist)">Ding Changhe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yu_Hanqing&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Yu Hanqing (page does not exist)">Yu Hanqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiao_Yang_(governor)" title="Xiao Yang 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title="Wang Jiong (politician)">Wang Jiong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tang_Fangyu&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tang Fangyu (page does not exist)">Tang Fangyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheng_Lihua" title="Cheng Lihua">Cheng Lihua</a>&#160;♀</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chongqing_Municipal_Supervisory_Commission" title="Chongqing Municipal Supervisory Commission">Supervisory</a><br />Directors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Yong" title="Chen Yong">Chen Yong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mu_Hongyu&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Mu Hongyu (page does not exist)">Mu Hongyu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Song_Yijia&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Song Yijia (page does not exist)">Song Yijia</a></li></ul> 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Keqiang">Li Keqiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Wenyue" title="Zhang Wenyue">Zhang Wenyue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Min_(born_1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Min (born 1950)">Wang Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xi_(born_1956)" class="mw-redirect" title="Li Xi (born 1956)">Li Xi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Qiufa" title="Chen Qiufa">Chen Qiufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Guoqing" title="Zhang Guoqing">Zhang Guoqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hao_Peng_(PRC)" title="Hao Peng (PRC)">Hao Peng</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Congress<br />Chairpersons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Oudong" title="Huang Oudong">Huang Oudong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Zhengde&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhang Zhengde (page does not exist)">Zhang Zhengde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_Guangzhong&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang Guangzhong (page does not exist)">Wang Guangzhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quan_Shuren" title="Quan Shuren">Quan Shuren</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_Huaiyuan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang Huaiyuan (page does not exist)">Wang Huaiyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wen_Shizhen_(born_1940)" title="Wen Shizhen (born 1940)">Wen Shizhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Keqiang" title="Li Keqiang">Li Keqiang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Xilin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhang Xilin (page does not exist)">Zhang Xilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Min_(born_1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Min (born 1950)">Wang Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xi_(born_1956)" class="mw-redirect" title="Li Xi (born 1956)">Li Xi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Qiufa" title="Chen Qiufa">Chen Qiufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Guoqing" title="Zhang Guoqing">Zhang Guoqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hao_Peng_(PRC)" title="Hao Peng (PRC)">Hao Peng</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Du_Zheheng" title="Du Zheheng">Du Zheheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Oudong" title="Huang Oudong">Huang Oudong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Xilian" title="Chen Xilian">Chen Xilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeng_Shaoshan" title="Zeng Shaoshan">Zeng Shaoshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren_Zhongyi" title="Ren Zhongyi">Ren Zhongyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Puru" title="Chen Puru">Chen Puru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quan_Shuren" title="Quan Shuren">Quan Shuren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Changchun" title="Li Changchun">Li Changchun</a></li> <li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Jizhuang" title="Ye Jizhuang">Ye Jizhuang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Foreign trade</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers of Foreign Trade</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Jizhuang" title="Ye Jizhuang">Ye Jizhuang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin_Haiyun" title="Lin Haiyun">Lin Haiyun</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bai_Xiangguo" title="Bai Xiangguo">Bai Xiangguo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Qiang_(minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="Li Qiang (minister)">Li Qiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_Tuobin" 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Yichen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheng_Zihua" title="Cheng Zihua">Cheng Zihua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Yilin" title="Yao Yilin">Yao Yilin</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li>Fan Ziyu</li> <li>Wang Lei</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Yilin" title="Yao Yilin">Yao Yilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Ming" title="Jin Ming">Jin Ming</a></li> <li>Wang Lei</li> <li>Liu Yi</li> <li>Hu Ping</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers of Internal Trade</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Haoruo" title="Zhang Haoruo">Zhang Haoruo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Bangzhu" title="Chen Bangzhu">Chen Bangzhu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers of Commerce</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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