The court also confiscated his illicit gains totaling 400,000 yuan.
When he was in a position of authority between 2005 and 2011, Liu used his office and accepted bribes to get those he favored promoted quickly and eased the way for the approval of pharmacy licenses.
From 2011 to 2017, he served as director of the Guangzhou Huangpu district city management bureau, where he used his position to help enterprises that bribed him to rig the bidding process for a major cleaning project, the court said.
Between 2005 and 2017, he accepted bribes worth 420,000 yuan. In February 2017, Liu went to the Huangpu district prosecuting department to confess his guilt.
Land deals and construction have been the traditional areas where corruption has surfaced, but the scourge has spread to new areas such as auctions.
Most officials found guilty of corruption tend to be relatively young, often under 35 years of age.
"Guangdong is at the forefront of reform and opening up and is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. Corruption often spreads and is inter-provincial, inter-regional and international," Chen said.
But corruption and bribery can be difficult to pinpoint.
"Bribes are offered in various ways, such as consultancy fees, investment opportunities, shares, dividends, or even sponsoring children to study abroad," he said.
Questions:
1. How many people were investigated for bribery last year in Guangdong province?
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