China's former SAMR party chief gets 14-year sentence for bribery
By Yonnex Li ( September 16, 2026, 06:06 GMT | Insight) -- A former party chief and deputy head of China's State Administration for Market Regulation was sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking more than 57 million yuan ($8.5 million) in bribes. Bi Jingquan had been credited as a reformer of the country's drug approval system before his career collapsed in a vaccine safety scandal.A former party chief and deputy head of China's State Administration for Market Regulation, or SAMR, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking more than 57 million yuan ($8.5 million) in bribes, in a case that spans three decades of regulatory decision-making, administrative approvals and business favors....
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