provincial capital, Kunming, was also demoted as a result of a party investigation. As part of the overall efforts to get to the bottom of corruption cases in the province, Qin Guangrong was asked to step down as party chief in October 2014. Before he left his post he was said to have told his subordinates, "I am going to go somewhere else to work now. Thank you for everything." Subsequently, Qin was named Vice Chair of the internal legal affairs committee of the National People's Congress. Qin was an alternate member of the 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 17th, and 18th Central Committees. Downfall On May 9, 2019, Qin turned himself in to the government. Qin Guangrong was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. His predecessor, Bai Enpei, was put under investigation in August 2014 and given a suspended death sentence in October 2016. Qiu He, one of Qin's deputies, was being investigated in March 2015 and was sentenced for 14 years and 6 months in prison for accepting bribes of more than 24 million yuan (about 3.7 million U.S. dollar). On September 26, 2019, Qin had been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. Qin's case was handed over to the Procuratorate of Chengdu on in November 2019 and went on trial in the Chengdu Municipal Intermediate People's Court on September 10, 2019. On September 10, 2020, Qin stood trial at the Chengdu Municipal People's Court on charges of taking bribes. The public prosecutors accused him of taking advantage of his former positions in Yunnan to seek profits for various companies and individuals in project contracting, equity transfer and job promotions between 2003 and 2014. In return, he accepted money and gifts worth more than 23.89 million yuan (over 3.49 million U.S. dollars) personally or through his family members. On January 19, 2021, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for bribery and was also fined 1.5 million yuan (~$231,000) by the Chengdu Municipal Intermediate People's Court. The court said that he was given a reduced sentence for turning himself in and returning the money he took. Personal life Qin married Huang Yulan (). Their son, Qin Ling (), was former president of Huarong Investment Stock