Cheng Kejie

Cheng Kejie (Chinese: 成克杰; 13 November 1933 14 September 2000) was a Chinese government official who was executed for bribery.

Cheng Kejie
成克杰
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
March 1998  April 2000
ChairmanLi Peng
Chairman of the Government of Guangxi
In office
January 1993  January 1998
Preceded byWei Chunshu
Succeeded byLi Zhaozhuo
Personal details
Born(1933-11-13)13 November 1933
Shanglin County, Guangxi, China
Died14 September 2000(2000-09-14) (aged 66)
Beijing
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1954–2000, expelled)
Alma materNorthern Jiaotong University

Cheng was born in Guangxi, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1954, rising to become governor of Guangxi region and vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Cheng was involved with Li Ping, (described as his mistress) and was convicted of corruption along with her. It is alleged that the two spent the money gained from corruption for gambling in Macau. Li was sentenced to life imprisonment. K. Thomas Liaw estimates that 95 percent of China's convicted corrupt officials had mistresses. According to Liaw, Cheng and Li had decided to divorce their respective spouses and get married and that Cheng had taken a bribe of Renminbi 40 million to fund their marriage.

Cheng Kejie is the only party and state leader in the history of the People's Republic of China who has been executed by the judicial authorities so far.

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