
The Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision recently publicly reported three typical cases of corruption in the field of tendering and bidding, including serious violations of discipline and law by Liu Baoan, the former captain of the Guangrao County Fire Rescue Brigade, and Wan Zhaobo, the former vice president of Rizhao Science and Technology Secondary Vocational School.
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The Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision publicly reported typical cases of corruption in the field of tendering and bidding, and continued to promote the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption.
China News Service, November 10. According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, recently, the Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision publicly reported three typical cases of corruption in the field of tendering and bidding, namely:
1. The serious violation of discipline and law by Liu Baoan, former deputy secretary of the party committee and captain of the Guangrao County Fire Rescue Brigade. From June 2021 to September 2022, while Liu Baoan was serving as the party committee secretary and political instructor of the Dongying Economic and Technological Development Zone Fire Rescue Brigade, he sought benefits for relevant companies in fire protection equipment procurement, project contracting, etc. and accepted bribes by leaking the bidding and procurement content and base price in advance, greeting the unit responsible for the bidding, breaking government procurement projects into parts, and avoiding open bidding. Liu Baoan also had other serious violations of discipline and law. In September 2025, he was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office. In June 2026, he was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 500,000 yuan for accepting and offering bribes.
2. Serious violation of discipline and law by Wan Zhaobo, former member of the party committee and vice president of Rizhao Science and Technology Secondary Vocational School. From June 2020 to September 2025, when Wan Zhaobo served as the Party Secretary and Director of the Wulian County Water Conservancy Bureau and the Party Secretary and Director of the Wulian County Education and Sports Bureau, he intervened in the project bidding work of the unit, took advantage of his position to determine the project bidding agency without authorization, and provided assistance to relevant units and individuals in contracting projects by instructing and hinting at the bidding agency, and repeatedly accepted property from trustees. Wan Zhaobo also had other serious violations of discipline and law. In February 2026, he was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office. In June 2026, he was sentenced to four years and six months in prison for accepting bribes and fined 300,000 yuan.

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