Former deputy minister-level official Pan Liang of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China has been prosecuted. Pan Liang was brought down from office in December last year.
Today, on October 12th, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of the Communist Party of China announced that the investigation into Pan Liang, a former deputy minister-level official of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, on suspicion of bribery and taking bribes using influence, has concluded. The case has been transferred to the procuratorial organs for examination and prosecution.
The procuratorate made the decision to arrest Pan Liang on charges of suspected bribery and using influence to take bribes, and the case will be reviewed for prosecution by the Huainan City Procuratorate in Anhui Province. Recently, the prosecution has filed a lawsuit against him at the Intermediate People’s Court of Huainan City.
On December 12, 2025, Pan Liang was officially announced to be under investigation, becoming the 59th central-level cadre reported for review on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in 2025. In June of this year, Pan Liang was expelled from the Communist Party, had his benefits revoked, and was transferred to judicial authorities.
Public information shows that Pan Liang was born in September 1956 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, with a bachelor’s degree. He previously served as a cadre in the Labor and Personnel Department of the Aerospace Ministry, the Office of the State Council, Deputy Director, Director, Deputy Director-General, and Director of the Second Division of the Secretariat of the Office of the State Council.
In 2010, Pan Liang was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of a major state-owned enterprise (deputy minister-level). He later served as a deputy minister-level official of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. During his tenure at the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Pan Liang was responsible for supervising the China Weaponry Equipment Group Corporation, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, China Railway Construction Corporation, and China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation in their capacities as members of Board of Supervisors.