Some past events regarding medical corruption 被判死刑的药监局长，能拯救春晚收视率吗？_哔哩哔哩_bilibili
Confession Letter of the Person Involved Before Execution
Original link 悔恨的遗书——国家食品药品监督管理局原局长郑筱萸的忏悔书
Editor’s note: Zheng Xiaoyu, male, 63 years old, graduated from the Biology Department of Fudan University in 1968, former director of the State Food and Drug Administration. From June 1997 to December 2006, Zheng Xiaoyu took advantage of his position, directly or through his wife and son, to illegally accept money and goods totaling more than 6.49 million RMB; during the nationwide unified drug production approval number replacement campaign, Zheng Xiaoyu was negligent in his duties, resulting in many drugs that should not have been approved obtaining approval numbers, including 6 kinds of counterfeit drugs. On May 27, 2007, Zheng Xiaoyu was sentenced to death for bribery by the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court, and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for neglect of duty. Both sentences were merged into one, the death penalty was decided to be executed, political rights were deprived for life, and all personal property was confiscated. On the morning of July 10, 2007, with the approval of the Supreme People’s Court, Zheng Xiaoyu was executed in Beijing. This is part of the last will he wrote the day before his execution.
Tomorrow, I am about to “set off.” At this moment, I have many things to say, which may be “useful” to those still alive today, so I do not want to take them with me; these words stick in my throat and must be spoken, and saying them might make me feel somewhat better.
I was born in December 1944 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. From a naked little boy to finally becoming a ministerial-level official of the country, I would say my life has been very successful, and I have justified the life given to me by my parents. As my position changed and my rank grew, I brought my parents and family surprises, excitement, pride, and honor again and again. The Zheng family was glorified because of me; however, now I am ending my life in this manner, becoming the focus of public opinion nationwide, being condemned by all the people of the country, and causing tremendous shame to my parents and family! At this moment, I truly do not know what to say to my parents (if they watch over me from the afterlife) and my family!
Honestly, even if I dreamed every day, I would never have imagined this ending. In China, I am the first ministerial-level official sentenced to death for the crime of “neglect of duty” since founding the country. In the 1980s, after the “Bohai No. 2 tanker” accident, a vice-premier of the State Council was disciplined with a “major demerit”; in the 1990s after the Daxing’anling forest fire, the forestry bureau chief resigned; more recently, the head of the State Environmental Protection Administration resigned because of the pollution in the Songhua River; the Chongqing natural gas leak accident, which killed over 200 people, resulted only in the dismissal of the PetroChina executive. There was a death sentence for “dereliction of duty” in the “Rainbow Bridge collapse incident” in Chongqing, but that was a county chief, a grassroots official who cannot be compared to a ministerial-level official. Therefore, when I was sentenced to death at the first trial, my initial reaction was shock, not ordinary shock! I am a ministerial-level official, I have never directly killed anyone! My second reaction was disbelief! I thought the sentence was too heavy.
However, what I did not expect was that public opinion universally approved and cheered. This made me reflect. Why did I provoke such a great public outrage? It turned out that my department was too important, my position too critical, and the power I held directly related to the safety of the people! Although I did not kill with my own hands, because of my negligence and administrative inaction, counterfeit drugs prevailed, causing one tragedy after another. This is an account I must admit. The reason I am destined to die today is mainly because of the heavy responsibilities of my position. If I were in other bureau- or department-level positions, even if the bribes were larger, I might not lose my head. My tragedy has taught me one lesson: do not be an official in a critical position, greater power is not necessarily better; and when being an official, one must be responsible! Do not think that being an official is some kind of fun; such irresponsibility often leads to outcomes like mine!
From my death sentence, the determination of the central government to fight corruption is thoroughly demonstrated. Wang Huaizhong said before his death: it seems that this time the central anti-corruption campaign is serious. My death sentence once again proves the determination of the central government to fight corruption.
My biggest regret now is that I should never have entered politics. I graduated from the Biology Department of Fudan University in 1968, I should have continued to focus on my profession. If I had stayed in my field, undoubtedly I would long have become a professor, and I would have lived a good life and avoided today’s outcome. If there is a next life, I will never enter politics!
Tomorrow I am about to “set off” to another world, and what I fear most now is how I will face the spirits of those I caused to die unjustly? I pray that they will forgive me and have mercy on me. Have I not already suffered retribution?
Zheng Xiaoyu’s Last Words
July 9, 2007
(Reprinted from “Educational Discipline Inspection,” 2008 Issue 7)
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