Corrupt CCP Mayor’s Family Found to Possess More Than 2,700 Real Estate Properties

Low-rent apartments in Shenyang City of Liaoning Province, China, on March 11, 2009. China Photos/Getty Images

A recent corruption case that has taken mainland China by surprise involves a senior CCP official from northeastern China’s Liaoning province, whose family was found to own 2,714 properties in the name of operating family businesses.

Xu Changyuan, a former high-ranking CCP official, was involved in mafia-linked assets worth more than 10 billion yuan (about $1.52 billion).