After trial, it was found that from 1996 to 2024, the defendant Kou Wei used to serve as the party secretary and director of Manwan Power Plant in Yunnan Province, and the party group of Yunnan Electric Power Industry Bureau Member and deputy director, party member and deputy general manager of Yunnan Electric Power Group Co., Ltd., party secretary, general manager and chairman of Yunnan Lancangjiang Hydropower Development Co., Ltd, the deputy secretary, general manager, secretary and chairman of the party group of State Grid Co., Ltd., the deputy secretary, general manager and deputy ministerial level leading cadres of China Datang Group Co., Ltd., as well as the convenient conditions for the formation of their functions and powers and status, provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in project contracting, enterprise operation, job promotion and other matters through the post behavior of other national staff, directly or through others illegally accept the property given by the above-mentioned units and individuals, totaling more than 0.154 billion yuan .
from September 2023 to November 2024, after leaving office, the defendant kou Wei took advantage of the convenient conditions formed by the former party secretary and chairman of the state grid co., ltd. to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in project contracting and other matters through the acts of other national staff. illegally received more than 9.05 million yuan from the above-mentioned units and individuals through others.
From 2001 to 2012, the defendant Kou Wei took advantage of his position as party secretary, general manager, and chairman of Yunnan Lancang River Hydropower Development Co., Ltd., and illegally decided that Lancang River Hydropower Company would be a subsidiary. The diversified operating company provided guarantees for bank loans to purchase stocks and investment securities, and then invested in losses. In order to cover up the fact of illegal guarantee and loss, Kou Wei and others obtained a total of more than 0.138 billion yuan of power station construction funds from Yunnan Lancang River Hydropower Development Co., Ltd. through inflated trading links, of which more than 55.93 million yuan was illegally occupied by Kou Wei and others, and more than 82.61 million yuan was used to make up for the previous losses, resulting in particularly heavy losses of state-owned property.
The Xing’an League Intermediate People’s Court held that the defendant Kou Wei’s behavior constituted the crime of accepting bribes, using influence to accept bribes, corruption, and abuse of power by state-owned company personnel. The amount of bribery is particularly huge, and the interests of the country and the people have suffered particularly heavy losses; the amount of bribery by using influence is particularly huge, the amount of corruption is particularly huge, and the abuse of power has caused particularly heavy losses to national interests. In view of the attempted circumstances in his bribery crime, he truthfully confessed the crime after arriving at the case, proactively confessed some of the bribery facts that the case-handling agency has not yet grasped, as well as the facts of corruption and abuse of power by state-owned company personnel, pleaded guilty and repented, actively returned stolen goods, accepted bribes, used influence to accept bribes, Most of the stolen money and fruits obtained from embezzlement have been recovered, and the crime of bribery shall be sentenced to death, but may not be executed immediately, he may be given a lighter punishment for his crimes of taking bribes by using influence, embezzlement, and abuse of power by personnel of state-owned companies. The court then made the above judgment.
It is reported that the Intermediate People’s Court of Xingan League held a public hearing on the case on January 9, 2026. During the trial, the procuratorial organ produced relevant evidence, the defendant Kou Wei and his defender cross-examined, the prosecution and defense fully expressed their opinions under the auspices of the court, and Kou Wei made a final statement and pleaded guilty in court. More than 20 deputies to the National People’s Congress, CPPCC members and people from all walks of life attended the trial.
