Zhang Xiaopei, the former party secretary of Jilin, had people pay "huge sums" to rent a billboard. AdvertisementA top Communist Party official had for years used a digital billboard in the downtown area of the Chinese city of Jilin to channel illicit funds toward him, Chinese state media reported on Saturday. Zhang Xiaopei, Jilin's now-disgraced former party secretary, was expelled from the ruling party in June 2023 after anti-graft officials announced he had been taking bribes. As party secretary, Zhang held the top position in Jilin starting in 2011 before being assigned vice-chairman of the province's political advisory body in 2014. Related stories"Some companies didn't even have advertising needs, but they took the initiative to buy these ads, typically in an effort to obtain benefits from Party Secretary Zhang," Tang added.

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Persons: Zhang Xiaopei, —, Jilin's, Zhang, Zhang's, Tang, Xi Jinping's, Xi Organizations: China, Service, Communist Party, Business, Party, Central Commission Locations: Jilin, China