Tang accepted bribes, including cash and property valued at over 268 million yuan (approximately $37.6 million), while holding various official positions between 2007 and 2024, as reported by Xinhua.
The Changchun Intermediate People’s Court suspended his death sentence for two years, noting that he had confessed to his crimes, the news agency added.
China’s Communist Party expelled Tang in November 2024, six months after the anti-graft watchdog placed him under investigation and removed him from his ministerial post.
The investigation into Tang was unusually swift, following similar probes into Defence Minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe.
President Xi Jinping initiated a campaign of purges across China’s domestic security apparatus in 2020, aiming to ensure that police, prosecutors, and judges are “absolutely loyal, absolutely pure and absolutely reliable.”
According to official biographies, Tang served as governor of the western province of Gansu from 2017 to 2020 before being appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
In January, Xi Jinping stated that corruption is the biggest threat to China’s Communist Party and continues to be on the rise.
