Between 2007 and 2012, He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), China's most powerful decision-making body, and the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's anti-corruption agency.

In June 1999, he was named the party secretary of Chongqing, only the second person to take on the job after the city gained direct-controlled municipality status.

Several media sources have linked He Jintao with the corruption case involving Song Lin, former chief executive of China Resources.

[6][7] The wives and children of both of He Guoqiang's sons are said to be living in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States.

[8] In May 2014, U.S.-based Chinese-language website Duowei reported that He's successor as central discipline secretary Wang Qishan scheduled a meeting with him to discuss ongoing investigation into the business activities of his sons, and He Jintao specifically.

The same article mentioned that the likelihood of He Guoqiang's personal involvement in corruption was low, and that He urged his sons to cooperate with the investigation.