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Jiangsu’s Top Personnel Official Investigated in Graft Probe

Published: Sep. 1, 2026 11:29 a.m. GMT+8

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Liu Jianyang

Liu Jianyang, a member of the Jiangsu provincial party standing committee and head of its Organization Department, is being investigated by the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, according to a statement published on Monday.

The investigation makes Liu the 48th centrally managed official announced as under investigation by the watchdog in 2026. He is also the fourth senior Jiangsu official to fall since the party’s 20th National Congress in late 2022.

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Liu Jianyang, member of Jiangsu’s party standing committee and Organization Department head, is under investigation by CCDI and the National Supervisory Commission.
He is the 48th centrally managed official announced in 2026 and the fourth senior Jiangsu official investigated since late 2022.
Liu, 60, held posts in Jiangxi, Fujian, and Jiangsu; his last public appearance was Aug. 20.

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What Happened When

April 1966：: Liu Jianyang was born in Lianhua County, Pingxiang, Jiangxi province.

At age 15：: Liu entered the road and bridge program at the Jiangxi Transportation School (now Jiangxi Vocational and Technical College of Communications).

1985：: Liu graduated and joined Nanchang's municipal engineering management office, rising from technician to deputy director over more than a decade.

1996：: Liu became deputy director of Nanchang's urban planning bureau.

2001：: Liu was promoted to director of Nanchang's urban planning bureau.

2006：: Liu was named a vice mayor of Nanchang.

2010：: Liu joined Nanchang's Communist Party standing committee and later became executive vice mayor.

October 2016：: Liu became the first director of the management committee of the Ganjiang New Area in Jiangxi, while serving as deputy party secretary of the zone.

May 2018：: Liu returned to Nanchang as the city's deputy party chief. A month later, he became acting mayor, and was confirmed as mayor the following month.

December 2019：: Liu moved outside Jiangxi for the first time, appointed party secretary of Putian in Fujian province.

December 2021：: Liu was elevated to Fujian's provincial party standing committee and later concurrently served as party secretary of Quanzhou.

Late 2022：: Liu was elected a delegate to the party's 20th National Congress (held in late 2022).

December 2022：: Liu was transferred to Jiangsu as a member of the provincial party standing committee and head of its political and legal affairs commission.

March 2024：: Liu took over as head of the provincial Organization Department, a position he held until the investigation was announced.

August 20, 2026：: Liu was last seen publicly, attending a symposium in Yangzhou marking the 100th anniversary of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's birth.

August 28, 2026：: Liu was absent from footage of a Jiangsu provincial party committee theoretical study group meeting.

Monday, August 31, 2026：: The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced an investigation into Liu Jianyang, making him the 48th centrally managed official announced as under investigation in 2026.

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