Former Xizang adviser pleads guilty to taking bribes

Jiang Jie, a former senior political adviser in the Xizang autonomous region, pleaded guilty to taking bribes at his trial at Tianjin No 1 Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday.

Prosecutors in Tianjin had accused Jiang, a former vice-chairman of the regional committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, of using his various positions in Shandong province and Xizang from 2000 to last year to seek profits for some individuals and departments in administrative approvals, project contracts, land transfers and work promotions, and accepting more than 225 million yuan ($31 million) of bribes in return.

They said Jiang should be held criminally liable for the graft.