Zeng Jinchun (CFP)

Zeng Jinchun, former Secretary of the Chenzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Vice Secretary of the CPC Chenzhou Municipal Committee, was executed by shooting on December 30, 2010, after being convicted on multiple criminal counts.

Zeng was found guilty of taking more than 31 million yuan ($4.6 million) in bribes alone or along with others from the second half of 1997 to September 2006. In return, he handed out mining contracts and work promotions. Zeng had assets worth around 9.5 million yuan ($1.4 million) which he couldn't account for.

He was sentenced to death in November 2008. The Hunan Provincial Higher People's Court rejected an appeal in July 2009.