Disgraced Female Official Mined 327 Bitcoins? Local Discipline Inspection Commission Responds

Recently, news that a disgraced female official mined 327 bitcoins (worth approximately 150 million yuan) has attracted widespread attention. Online rumors suggested that the official involved was Jing Yaping, former director of the Guizhou Provincial Big Data Development Administration.

According to a report by China News Weekly on August 14, a staff member from the publicity department of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision stated that the claim that Jing Yaping used government servers to mine 327 bitcoins was "a rumor." The staff member clarified that Jing Yaping's case did not involve Bitcoin. The rumor was initially fabricated by some self-media using AI (artificial intelligence) to generate traffic and was later picked up by a media outlet. Relevant authorities have already addressed the issue.

Public records show that Jing Yaping, female, Han ethnicity, was born in August 1964 in Zunyi, Guizhou, with ancestral roots in Fushun, Sichuan. She began working in November 1986 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (also a member of the Zhi Gong Party) in June 2005. She holds a postgraduate degree and a Ph.D. in management.

Jing Yaping previously worked at Guizhou University of Finance and Economics (formerly Guizhou College of Finance and Economics) and Guizhou Institute of Technology. In December 2016, she became deputy director and party leadership group member of the Guizhou Provincial Big Data Bureau. In June 2017, she was appointed deputy chairperson of the Zhi Gong Party Guizhou Provincial Committee. In December 2019, she became president of the Guizhou Academy of Sciences, and in November 2021, she assumed the role of director of the Guizhou Provincial Big Data Development Administration.

According to a notice from the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision on August 5, an investigation found that Jing Yaping, as a leading party official and public servant, had abandoned her ideals and convictions, betrayed her mission, disregarded the central leadership’s eight-point decision on improving work conduct, accepted gifts that could influence the fair execution of official duties, and had others pay for expenses that should have been her own responsibility. She violated organizational principles by failing to truthfully report personal matters, engaged in rampant greed and power-for-money deals, exploited her position to benefit others in project approvals and contracts, and illegally accepted large sums of money.

Jing Yaping seriously violated the Party’s organizational and integrity disciplines, committed severe duty-related violations, and is suspected of bribery. Her misconduct continued unabated even after the 18th Party Congress, reflecting a severe and egregious nature that warranted strict punishment.
In accordance with the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Chinese Communist Party,
the Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China, and the Public Officials Government
Sanctions Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, after deliberation and approval by the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, decided to expel Jing Yaping from the Party, dismiss her from public office, confiscate her illicit gains, and transfer her suspected crimes and related assets to the procuratorial authorities for legal review and prosecution.