In a formal announcement released on Tuesday, China’s top prosecuting body confirmed that Bi Jingquan, a former senior official of the country’s top political advisory body, has been officially indicted on bribery charges by prosecutors from Shandong Province. The case against Bi was first investigated and concluded by the National Commission of Supervision, China’s top anti-corruption watchdog, before being handed over to prosecuting organs for mandatory review and the filing of formal legal charges. Jurisdiction over the case was assigned to prosecutors based in Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province, who have now submitted their official indictment to the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court to move the legal process forward. According to the indictment details, Bi is alleged to have abused authority across multiple senior positions he held throughout his decades-long career. These roles include former head of the National Medical Products Administration, former deputy head of the State Administration for Market Regulation, and former deputy head of the Committee on Economic Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body. Prosecutors claim Bi exploited these positions to secure improper benefits for third parties in exchange for accepting large sums of money and high-value valuables, which meets the legal criteria for criminal bribery. Prosecutors emphasized that throughout the entire review and prosecution procedure, Bi was fully informed of all his legal rights as a defendant, and the legal arguments and defense positions submitted by Bi’s legal representation were formally reviewed and considered ahead of the indictment being filed. Bi, now 70 years old, is a native of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China. He joined the Communist Party of China in March 1978 and entered official public service in February 1982. Over his four-decade career, he held senior leadership roles across multiple key national regulatory and economic bodies, including the former national price bureau, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Medical Products Administration, and the State Administration for Market Regulation. In August 2020, Bi took up his post at the Committee on Economic Affairs under the CPPCC National Committee, and later also held key positions at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a leading national economic think tank. The indictment marks a key step forward in the country’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign, which targets misconduct by public officials at all levels across government and political advisory bodies.