Former political adviser pleads guilty to graft

The former top political adviser in Guizhou province, Wang Fuyu, pleaded guilty to taking bribes of over 450 million yuan ($70.6 million) at a public trial in Tianjin on Tuesday.

The public trial of the former chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was heard by the Tianjin First Intermediate People's Court. It will announce his sentence later.

Prosecutors said that from 1995 to 2018, Wang took advantage of his positions, including being Party chief of the cities of Sanya and Haikou in Hainan province and the head of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, to seek benefits for related companies and individuals in business operations, planning approvals and career advancement. In return, he received money and property totaling 434 million yuan.