TIANJIN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday executed Bai Tianhui, former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings Limited, after he was convicted of bribery.

The execution was carried out by a court in north China's Tianjin Municipality, following the approval of the Supreme People's Court (SPC).

Bai was sentenced to death, with political rights deprived for life, all of his personal property confiscated, and all his illegal gains recovered and turned over to the state treasury, according to the verdict of the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin in May 2024.

Bai appealed the sentences, but his appeal was rejected by the Higher People's Court of Tianjin in February 2025.

Reviewing the case, the SPC found that Bai had taken advantage of his various positions between 2014 and 2018 to provide assistance to others in matters such as project acquisitions and corporate financing, illegally accepting bribes totaling 1.108 billion yuan (about 157 million U.S. dollars).

The SPC held that the crimes committed by Bai were extremely serious in that the total bribes amount was particularly huge and the circumstances especially severe, while these crimes have had an extremely adverse social impact and caused great damage to the interests of the state and the people.

The SPC approved the ruling of the Higher People's Court of Tianjin to uphold Bai's death penalty during the first instance.

Bai was allowed to meet his next of kin before the execution. Enditem