Controversies

Ex-China Shipping executive Xu Minjie's bribery and embezzlement case involves 38 properties; more former executives investigated

In 2013, the bribery case of Xu Minjie, former vice general manager of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co., who had previously served in the China Shipping system, came to light, involving 38 properties; reports also said two former China Shipping executives, Mao Shijia and Jia Hongxiang (former general manager of China Shipping Container Lines), were taken away for investigation. Xu was later found to have used public funds to reimburse more than 310,000 yuan in beauty-treatment expenses incurred by his wife in Macau, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for embezzlement among other crimes. Impact and handling: in 2016 China Shipping and COSCO merged into China COSCO Shipping Group; subsequently Sui Jun, a former principal-level leading cadre of COSCO Shipping, was investigated in 2025 and in 2026 was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison for taking more than 10.15 million yuan in bribes and misappropriating more than 17.77 million yuan in public funds. Progress: court verdict. Subjects: Xu Minjie, Mao Shijia, Jia Hongxiang (former executives of China Shipping Group). Scope: individuals, former executives of China Shipping Group (now COSCO Shipping).