Long-term addicted to gambling, Yuan Weidong, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Yichang City, Hubei Province, has been expelled from the party.

After investigation, Yuan Weidong lost his ideal faith, betrayed his original mission, resisted organizational inspection; violated the spirit of the Eight-point Central Regulations, accepted banquets that could affect the fair execution of official duties; failed to adhere to the integrity bottom line, indulged and tacitly allowed his relatives to use his official influence for personal gain, used his authority to help relatives win project bids and seek benefits; intervened and intervened in engineering project contracting activities; indulged in gambling for a long time; misused public resources, turning public power into a tool for personal gain, using his position to help others gain benefits in project contracting and project settlement, and illegally accepting huge amounts of money and goods.