Beijing Vice Mayor Xia Linmao Placed Under Investigation
AM730 · 4 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago5 MIN
Summary
Beijing Municipal Party Standing Committee member and Vice Mayor Xia Linmao (夏林茂) is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law, according to a notice issued on Thursday by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision. The 56-year-old official has spent most of his career in Beijing, rising through planning, district and municipal leadership posts before becoming a vice mayor and a member of the 20th Central Committee as an alternate member.
Key Points
- The CCDI and National Commission of Supervision said on Thursday that Xia Linmao, a Beijing Party Standing Committee member and vice mayor, is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
- Public biographies show Xia was born in May 1970 in Jianhu, Jiangsu, holds a doctorate in engineering from Tsinghua University, and is a senior engineer.
- He worked for years in Beijing’s planning system, including posts in Fangshan and Chaoyang planning bureaus and as deputy director of the municipal planning commission office
- Xia later served as district chief of Shijingshan, Party secretary of Miyun and Dongcheng, and in 2021 became a Beijing Party Standing Committee member and education work committee secretary.
- Sources say he became Beijing vice mayor in 2023, while some reports add that he also concurrently led the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center Party working committee and management committee.
Why It Matters
The case affects a senior Beijing official whose portfolio and career path were closely tied to urban planning, district governance and municipal administration in the capital. For Hong Kong readers tracking mainland officialdom, the investigation is also notable because Xia is a 20th Central Committee alternate member and was reported by one outlet as the 56th centrally managed cadre publicly announced to have fallen this year.