# Wuhan's former mayor Zhou Xianwang sentenced to 14 years for bribery

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- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-10 13:49 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/crkg7xppy4zwo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A court in Shangqiu, Henan, sentenced Zhou Xianwang, who was Wuhan mayor during the Covid outbreak, to 14 years in prison and fined him 5 million yuan. The court said his bribery spanned 2003 to 2025 and involved more than 60.5 million yuan; it cited his confession, remorse and asset returns as grounds for a lighter sentence.