The court said he had used his privileged access to information to make more than 290 million yuan ($41 million) in illegal gains from the stock market.
He also leaked inside information about stocks to other people, which yielded more than 8 million yuan ($1.1 million) in illicit profits, it said.
In return, he accepted bribes worth more than 210 million yuan ($30 million), it said.
In 2013, Tian was promoted to head China Merchants Bank, serving as its president and its Communist Party boss.
The Communist Party has stepped up its crackdown on the country’s state-owned financial system since last year.
Persons:
Tian Huiyu, Xi Jinping, Tian, Wang Qishan, ”, Li Xiaopeng, Liu Liange, Bao Fan, Bao
Organizations:
Hong Kong CNN, China Merchants Bank, China Construction Bank, China Cinda Asset Management, Beijing, Communist Party, Central Commission, Communist, Adobe, China Everbright Group, Bank of China, China Renaissance
Locations:
China, Hong Kong, Changde city, Hunan, China’s, Shanghai, Changde