HOHHOT, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yilin, former chairman of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), was on Tuesday sentenced to 13 years in prison for accepting bribes.

The sentence was handed down by a court in Erdos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Wang was also fined a sum of 3 million yuan (416,719 U.S. dollars), and his illegal gains from bribery will be confiscated and turned over to the state treasury, according to a verdict issued by the court.

From 1996 to 2020, Wang took advantage of his various posts to assist others in matters such as job adjustments, project contracts and business operations. In exchange, he illegally accepted money and valuables worth a total of over 35 million yuan, the court said. ■