After leaving his job, Gao Qiang, former president of the Zhejiang Branch of the Construction Bank, was expelled from the party for amassing wealth under the guise of consulting fees.

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24/01/2026
Two days after the first-instance trial of Zhang Gengsheng, the former vice president of the Construction Bank, one of his former subordinates was expelled from the party and transferred to the judiciary. On the evening of January 23, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission stationed in the Construction Bank, and the Beijing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced the investigation results of Gao Qiang, the former party secretary and president of the Zhejiang Branch of the Construction Bank. It was found that he resisted organizational investigation, transferred and concealed evidence; received gifts, money, and consumption cards that may affect the impartial performance of official duties; violated rules to seek personal interests for others and accepted money and possessions; gave gifts to personnel engaged in official duties in violation of regulations, engaged in profit-making activities, worked in violation of regulations after leaving office for remuneration; violated living discipline by playing cards and gambling for a long time; inflated greed, used his position to seek benefits for others in loans and financing, and illegally accepted large sums of money.