[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is alleged that part of the reason Hu was executed was because he criticized Jiang Zemin, the general secretary of China at the time.

[6] In 1982, he passed the adult college entrance examination and entered the cadre training course of the Chinese Department of Hunan Normal University.

[6] In 1990, he was transferred to the State Taxation Bureau under the centralized management of the Ministry of Finance as the deputy director of the office.

[6] From 1992 to 1998, Hu purchased and used fake diplomas from Peking University to advance his political career, ultimately becoming vice governor of Jiangxi.

The fake diploma was a graduation certificate of the administrative management major (undergraduate) saying he studied at the Correspondence College of Peking University from 1988 to 1991.

Hu Changqing was transferred from the national tax system to deputy director of the State Council Bureau of Religious Affairs.

Because he used false documents for flying and staying in hotels in Guangzhou, and his whereabouts were secretive, the central government decided to transfer him back to Beijing for investigation on August 9.

[10] On September 29, 1999, with the approval of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau imposed criminal detention on Hu Changqing.

Hu thus became the first deputy provincial cadre sentenced to death by the court for corruption after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

[8] On March 1, 2000, the Higher People's Court of Jiangxi Province rejected Hu's appeal and upheld the first-instance judgment.

[8] At 8:46 am on March 8, 2000, Hu was shot to death by firing squad at the Yingshang Execution Ground in the northern suburbs of Nanchang.

[12] According to Zhao Ziyang, part of the reason Hu was executed was because he expressed dissatisfaction with Jiang Zemin, the general secretary at the time.

[7] Hu had a fetish for reading pornographic novels such as Su Nü Jing, Jin Ping Mei, and The Carnal Prayer Mat.