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Former China Drug Regulator Chief Sentenced to 14 Years for Bribery

Published: Sep. 15, 2026  8:02 p.m.  GMT+8
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The Intermediate People’s Court of Jinan, in eastern China’s Shandong province, publicly delivered its first-instance verdict in the bribery case of Bi Jingquan, former standing committee member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former deputy head of its Economic Committee, on Sept. 15, 2026. Photo: CCTV News
The Intermediate People’s Court of Jinan, in eastern China’s Shandong province, publicly delivered its first-instance verdict in the bribery case of Bi Jingquan, former standing committee member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former deputy head of its Economic Committee, on Sept. 15, 2026. Photo: CCTV News

 A Chinese court sentenced Bi Jingquan, a former head of the country’s drug regulator and a senior market-regulation official, to 14 years in prison for taking bribes totaling more than 57.42 million yuan ($8.6 million).

The Intermediate People’s Court of Jinan, in the eastern province of Shandong, also fined Bi 5 million yuan and ordered the confiscation of illegal gains and related proceeds, state broadcaster CCTV reported Tuesday.

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