China’s Anticorruption Dragnet Snares Another Senior Customs Official
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File photo of Sun Yuning. Photo: Visual China Group
A Chinese court has sentenced a former deputy head of the General Administration of Customs to 13 years in prison for bribery, the latest senior official to fall in a sweeping crackdown on corruption within the country’s trade and border control apparatus.
The Intermediate People’s Court in Hefei on Dec. 10 ordered Sun Yuning to pay a fine of 4 million yuan ($551,700) in addition to his prison term. The court ruled that Sun had illegally accepted property and funds totaling more than 50.72 million yuan, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
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- Former deputy customs chief Sun Yuning was sentenced to 13 years and fined 4 million yuan for accepting over 50.72 million yuan in bribes from 2005–2024.
- Sun's corrupt activities surfaced amid a broader anticorruption campaign that has affected multiple current and former customs officials.
- In 2025 alone, 54 centrally managed cadres have been sentenced, with new penalties targeting corrupt private enterprises.
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