Zhou Xianwang, former vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the first instance

China News Service, Beijing, October 10 (Reporter Zhang Su) The reporter learned from the Supreme People's Court of China that on October 10, the Intermediate People's Court of Shangqiu City, Henan Province publicly pronounced the first instance verdict on the bribery case of Zhou Xianwang, a former member and vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

The court sentenced Zhou Xianwang to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes and fined him RMB 5 million. The recovered property and interest obtained from Zhou Xianwang's crime were turned over to the state treasury in accordance with the law, and the remaining part will continue to be recovered.

Public information shows that Zhou Xianwang was born in November 1962, a Tujia nationality and the founder of Hubei. In July 2025, officials reported that he was under investigation. In January this year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Commission reported that he had been expelled from the party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law. He was accused of "using public tools for private use, acting arbitrarily, and engaging in power-for-money transactions" and "causing huge risks of losses to state-owned assets."

The trial found that from the first half of 2003 to May 2025, Zhou Xianwang used his position as deputy secretary and governor of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hubei Province, party secretary and director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Commerce, secretary of the Huangshi Municipal Party Committee, member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy governor of the Hubei Provincial Government, deputy secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee, deputy mayor, acting mayor, and mayor of Wuhan, Hubei. Members and vice-chairmen of the Party Group of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and deputy provincial-level leading cadres of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, have provided assistance to relevant units and individuals in matters such as project contracting, business operations, administrative approval, etc., and have received a total of more than RMB 60.5 million in property from the above-mentioned units and individuals.

The court held that Zhou Xianwang’s behavior constituted the crime of accepting bribes, and the amount of bribes he accepted was extremely huge and should be punished in accordance with the law. In view of the attempted bribery crime, he truthfully confessed the crime after arriving at the case, took the initiative to explain most of the facts of bribery that were not known to the case handling agency, confessed his crime and repented, actively returned the stolen goods, and most of the actual stolen money and goods obtained from the bribery have been recovered, so he can be given a lighter punishment in accordance with the law. The court then made the above judgment.

It is reported that the Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court held a public hearing on the case on July 9 this year. Zhou Xianwang expressed his guilt and repentance in court.