Former Party Chief of Hangzhou Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Bribery

What’s new: Zhou Jiangyong, former Communist Party chief of the capital of East China’s Zhejiang province, was handed a suspended death sentence Tuesday for taking more than 180 million yuan ($25 million) in bribes, according to a court statement.

From 2001 to 2021, the ex-party secretary of Hangzhou accepted the bribes in exchange for favors that included helping individuals and companies obtain project contracts and land-use rights, the Chuzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Anhui province said in a statement Tuesday.