Cai Guangliao

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cai.

Cai Guangliao (born September 1958) is a Chinese senior police officer who spent most of his career in Guangdong province. He was investigated by the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission in January 2015 and removed from office in January 2015.^[1] Previously he served as the deputy director of the Social and Legislative Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[2] Cai is the third senior political adviser to come under investigation in Guangdong province.^[2]

Cai Guangliao
Native name	蔡广辽
Born	September 1958 (age 66) Yingkou, Liaoning, China
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch	People's Armed Police
Rank	Major general
Commands	Deputy Director of the Social and Legislative Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (2013–2015)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	蔡广辽
Traditional Chinese	蔡廣遼
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Caì Guǎngliáo

Cai is a major general in the armed police, which is overseen by the military commission.^[2]

Life and career

Cai was born in Yingkou, Liaoning, in November 1973, while his ancestral home is in Jiexi County, Guangdong. During the Cultural Revolution, Cai became a sent-down youth and worked in Shixing County.^{[citation needed]}

In September 1975, he was accepted to the Guangdong Politics and Law Cadre Institute (广东省政法干部学校) and graduated in September 1977. After college, he was assigned to the Guard Bureau with the Guangdong Public Security Department. And he served as deputy director of the general office of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and director of the Guard Bureau with the Guangdong Public Security Department from September 2003 to July 2012.^[2][3] He attained the rank of major general (shao jiang) in August 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2013, he was appointed the deputy director of the Social and Legislative Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was mainly in charge of security work in Guangdong, which borders on the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions.^[2][3][4][5]

Downfall

On October 30, 2014, he was taken away by anti-graft officers from the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission.^[2][6][7][8] On January 13, 2015, he was removed from office.^[9]

On March 27, 2017, Cai was sentenced to 8 years for accepting bribes by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court.^[10]