Dong Hong

Dong was born in Haicheng, Liaoning, in November 1953. After graduating from the Renmin University of China, he joined the Central Advisory Commission as a secretary of Bo Yibo, the then vice chairman. In 1992, he was transferred to Foshan, Guangdong and appointed assistant mayor. One year later, he was transferred back to Beijing and became deputy director and then director of the Institute of Comtemporary China Studies. In 1998, he was deputy director of the Development Research Center of Guangdong Provincial People's Government. Ta Kung Pao reported in 2014 that Dong had a long-term working relationship with Wang Qishan beginning in 1998, sharing stints in Guangdong, Hainan and Beijing, and at the now defunct State Council General Office of Economic Reform.[2] In March 2006 he was promoted to become deputy director of the Party Documents Research Office of CPC Central Committee. After Wang Qishan became Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Dong became one of the group leaders of central inspection groups during Xi Jinping's first term.[2]

On October 2, 2020, he was under investigation for "suspected serious violation of laws and party rules", according to a terse statement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[3]