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China Investigates Former Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan
On Oct. 13, 2026, China opened a graft probe into 74-year-old former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan, who kept his post after denouncing Bo Xilai in 2013 and stayed a public economic voice.
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About Huang Qifan
Huang Qifan is a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the mayor of Chongqing, one of China's four directly-controlled municipalities, between 2010 and 2016. Huang began his political career in Shanghai and was transferred to Chongqing in 2001 as its Deputy Mayor, before being promoted to Mayor in 2010.
Everything about Huang Qifan →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- National People's Congress deputy, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, mayor of Chongqing
- Citizenship
- People's Republic of China
- Born
- May 1952