Senior Qinghai Official Prosecuted for Bribery in Poverty Alleviation Scandal
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Ma Fengsheng,
A former senior political advisor in Northwest China’s Qinghai province is being prosecuted for bribery, the latest high-ranking official to fall in a sprawling corruption probe into the region’s poverty alleviation programs.
Ma Fengsheng, a former vice chairman of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has been charged with taking “especially huge” bribes, China’s top prosecutor announced Tuesday.
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- Ma Fengsheng, former vice chairman of Qinghai CPPCC, is being prosecuted for taking “especially huge” bribes, the highest-ranking official charged in an anti-corruption probe of the region’s poverty alleviation sector.
- Ma exploited multiple official positions for personal gain, was expelled from the Communist Party, and is the 43rd centrally-managed official prosecuted in 2025.
- He led Qinghai’s poverty alleviation bureau from 2013, with his final public appearance in November 2024.
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What Happened When
- By the end of 2019：
- Qinghai province, as touted by Ma Fengsheng, had lifted 539,000 people out of absolute poverty.
- January 2021：
- Ma Fengsheng was nominated as a candidate for a national award recognizing contributions to poverty alleviation.
- February 2021：
- Ma Fengsheng was promoted to vice chairman of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the CPPCC. His name was absent from the final list of recipients for the national poverty alleviation award announced this month.
- Summer 2023：
- Anti-corruption campaign targeting Qinghai’s poverty alleviation sector began.
- November 2024：
- Ma Fengsheng last appeared in public.
- December 2024：
- Ma Fengsheng was placed under investigation.
- September 23, 2025：
- China’s top prosecutor announced that Ma Fengsheng has been charged with taking bribes.
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