Tong Daochi

Tong Daochi (Chinese: 童道驰; born October 1967) is a former Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary of Sanya between November 2018 and October 2020. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in November 2020.

Tong Daochi
童道驰
Communist Party Secretary of Sanya
In office 3 November 2018 – October 2020
Preceded by	Yan Zhaojun
Succeeded by	Zhou Hongbo
Vice-Governor of Hubei
In office December 2016 – November 2018
Governor	Wang Xiaodong
Assistant Minister of Commerce
In office April 2014 – November 2016
Minister	Gao Hucheng
Personal details
Born	October 1967 (age 53) Pingjiang County, Hunan, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Peking University Renmin University of China Carleton University Pardee RAND Graduate School
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	童道馳
Simplified Chinese	童道驰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tóng Dàochí

Biography

Tong was born in Pingjiang County, Hunan in October 1967. After resuming the college entrance examination, he graduated from Peking University and Renmin University of China. After that, he continued his study at Carleton University in Canada as a postgraduate student. After university, he worked at RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, United States. In 1994 he worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C..

Tong returned in China in late 2010 and that same year he became an official in the Planning and Development Department of China Securities Regulatory Commission. He worked there for 8 years. Then he was appointed Assistant Minister of Commerce.[1]

In November 2016 he was transferred to central China's Hubei province and was named vice-governor in the following month.[2] In November 2018 he was transferred again to south China's Hainan province and appointed Communist Party Secretary of Sanya, replacing Yan Zhaojun.[3]

Investigation

On November 1, 2020, he has been placed under investigation for serious violations of laws and regulations by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[4]

References

1. 中华人民共和国商务部部长助理童道驰 [Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China]. mofcom.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2010.
2. 海南新常委童道驰出任三亚市委书记 [Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee Tong Daochi appointed Communist Party Secretary of Sanya]. ce.cn (in Chinese). 3 November 2018.
3. 新任海南省委常委童道驰任三亚市委书记 严朝君不再担任(图简历) [Tong Daochi becomes CPC Party Chief of Sanya]. sina (in Chinese). 3 November 2018.
4. Xinhua (1 November 2020). "Senior Hainan provincial official under investigation". Chinadaily. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

External links

• Biography of Tong Daochi (in Chinese)