Former official gets 15 years for bribery

Yu Haiyan, former vice-governor of Gansu province, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined 6 million yuan ($893,000) for bribery in No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing Municipality on Wednesday.

Between 1998 and 2016, Yu took advantage of various posts - head of Jiuquan Iron and Steel Co in Jiayuguan, Gansu; vice-governor of Gansu; and Party secretary of Lanzhou, Gansu - to seek benefits through product sales, project contracts, real estate development and personnel arrangements and promotions, the court said in a statement.

He accepted money and gifts worth more than 65.6 million yuan ($10.3 million), either personally or through his wife, Li Yanhua, the statement said.