Bai Yuefeng, also known as Bai Lei is a Chinese football player of Korean descent who currently plays for Tianjin Teda F.C. in the Chinese Super League.
Background
Born to Korean parents Bai Yuefeng was born and raised in China before he started his football career with the Beijing Huaya youth team where he was considered good enough to travel to Serbia and Montenegro on a three-year football training program.
Career
On his return he was scouted by top tier Chinese football team Inter Shanghai, however he sustained a serious injury during training and the club ended their interest, nevertheless recently promoted side Xiamen Lanshi were willing to take a risk on him and Bai Lei signed a professional contract with them at the beginning of the 2006 league season. With Xiamen he would quickly be included in the squads first team and make his league debut against Shandong Luneng on March 12, 2006 in a 3-1 defeat. Despite that defeat he would quickly establish himself within the squad and go on to score his first goal for the club in a league game on September 17, 2006 against Shenzhen Kingway in a 2-0 victory.
The following season would see him continue to cement his position in the Xiamen team, however he couldn't prevent them from being relegated at the end of the 2007 league season. Bai would go on to join newly promoted Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Pharmaceutical at the beginning of the 2008 league season and immediately go on to be a vital part of the squads first team and play in the club's first league game of the season against Shenzhen Xiangxue on March 30, 2008 in a 3-0 victory. Throughout the course of the season the club's manager Shen Xiangfu would permanently move him into the team's defence and this seemed to work as Bai would help guide Guangzhou to seventh-place finish at the end of season.
While Bai continued his good form for Guangzhou the club were discovered to be involved in a match-fixing scandal that was directly related to their promotion to the top tier and were relegated at the end of the 2009 league season. Bai refused to return Guangzhou for pre-season training and searched for transfer. On February 12, 2010 Bai joined Tianjin Teda for a fee of ¥1.7 million.
He made his debut in a league game against Shanghai Shenhua on April 14, 2010 in a 2-0 defeat. Bai Lei would make his first appearance for the China national football team on June 4, 2010 in a friendly match against France in a 1-0 victory. In reparation for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup he would make his second appearance in a friendly against Syria on October 8, 2010 in a 2-1 victory.
Politics
Bai Yun became involved in politics in December 1986 and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1979. Beginning in 1984, she served in several posts in Shuozhou, Shanxi, including Communist Youth League Secretary of the municipal party committee, Communist Youth League Vice Secretary of provincial party committee, and Secretary of party committee. Several other provincial Standing Committee members were also investigated as part of a "political earthquake" that shook the province in 2014.
In February 2015, at the conclusion of the internal party investigation, Bai Yun was accused of taking "massive bribes" and abuse of power, and expelled from the Communist Party.
Membership
At the time the investigation against her was opened, she was serving as a member of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Head of the United Front Work Department of Shanxi Province. In January 2013, she became a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee.