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Zhou Chunyu (Chinese: 周春雨; pinyin: Zhōu Chūnyǔ; born July 1968) is a former Chinese politician, and Vice Governor of Anhui. He was dismissed from his position in April 2017 for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Career
Zhou Chunyu was born in Tianchang, Anhui in July 1968, and he was entered to Anhui University in 1985. From 1989 to 1995, he served in the Office of the CPC Hefei Committee. In 1995, he served in the Office of the CPC Anhui Committee, and the Office of the People's Government of Anhui. He moved to the Financial Department of Anhui in 2000.
In 2007, he became the deputy mayor of Ma'anshan, then promoted to the mayor in 2008. In 2010, he moved to Bengbu, became the mayor and Secretary of the CPC Committee in 2012. In September 2016, Zhou promoted to Vice Governor of Anhui.
Investigation
On April 26, 2017, Zhou Chunyu was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations". He is the youngest Provincial-Ministerial level official since the beginning of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive after he took power in late 2012, and the fourth implicated Vice Governor of Anhui. Anhui became the province with the most implicated Vice Governors.
Zhou was expelled from the Communist Party on July 5, 2017.