Tong Mingqian

Tong, as party chief of Hengyang, was the top official in charge of the overseeing the elections of delegates to the provincial People's Congress from the city in late 2012 and early 2013.

Local media reported that several dozen delegates attempted to exchange money for votes during the municipal People's Congress.

[4] Tong was born in Baoqing County, Heilongjiang on June 23, 1958, which traces his ancestry to Changsha, Hunan.

[6] Several days later, Tong was dismissed from his position as Vice-Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Nevertheless, after the CCDI's investigation concluded, Tong was said to have broken the law and his case was forwarded to prosecution authorities for further processing.

Specifically, the prosecution asserted that Tong had been informed about the vote-buying scheme from four separate delegates at the municipal congress but consciously avoided conducting an investigation.

He became the first official of sub-provincial rank to be released following the ascension of Xi Jinping at the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

[10] Tong Mingqian has a sister, Mingrang (童名让), who is a senior official of the Hunan Development and Reform Commission, an agency with broad powers over the provincial economy.