ChainCatcher news, according to China News Network, the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang Province publicly sentenced Xiao Yi, former member of the Standing Committee and Vice Chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference, for bribery and abuse of power. The defendant Xiao Yi was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery, deprived of political rights for life, and had all personal property confiscated. He was also sentenced to six years in prison for abuse of power, with the decision to execute life imprisonment, depriving him of political rights for life, and confiscating all personal property. The property obtained from bribery and its proceeds that were sealed and seized will be recovered according to law and turned over to the national treasury.The court found that from 2008 to 2021, the defendant Xiao Yi took advantage of his positions as the director of the Jiangxi Provincial Government's Beijing Office, the secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Committee, and the vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in matters such as project contracting, project development, and promotion, illegally accepting property totaling more than 125 million yuan, of which more than 57.82 million yuan had not yet been actually obtained. From 2017 to 2021, during his tenure as the secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Xiao Yi violated the new development concept and national regulations by providing assistance to enterprises engaged in virtual currency mining in terms of financial subsidies, funding support, and power supply, resulting in significant losses to public property, national, and people's interests, with particularly serious circumstances and extremely adverse effects.Previous report, former vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference Xiao Yi was expelled from the party for abusing his power to support enterprises engaged in virtual currency mining activities.