Background
Si was born and raised in Dongyang, Zhejiang province in January 1950.
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Si was born and raised in Dongyang, Zhejiang province in January 1950.
Prior to that, Si served as the chief of the Organization Department of the Zhejiang provincial Communist party Committee. Si joined the Communist Party in 1981. Si spent his entire career in Zhejiang province.
He was then promoted to party chief, then the provincial propaganda department head
Si served as chief of the provincial party Organization Department for nearly a decade, between 2001 and 2010, serving under three party secretaries, Zhang Dejiang, Xi Jinping, and Zhao Hongzhu. Si was detained for investigation in February 2015 by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Si Xinliang"s son, Si Li (斯力), a provincial Communist Youth League official, was also detained. On June 19, 2015, after investigation by the CCDI, Si was expelled from the Communist Party.
From 2010 to 2013, Si served as the Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People"s Political Consultative Conference, a mostly ceremonial legislative consultation body. He worked for several years under Xi Jinping, who was serving as the party chief of Zhejiang. He worked at a food processing company in his home county as a manager before entering politics, first as deputy county governor.
He rose through the ranks and successively served as the Communist Party Secretary of Pujiang County, the head of the Organization Department for the party organization in the city of Huzhou and later deputy party chief In 2010, Si, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 60, was transferred from his Organization Department leadership position to take on the largely ceremonial role of Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People"s Political Consultative Conference. Si was notable for being the first provincial-ministerial level official to be detained from Zhejiang province since the 18th Party Congress, and also being the first official of his rank who once worked directly under Xi Jinping to be investigated.
