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中国金融家包凡上个月失踪，此后被中国大陆当局拘留，原因是针对他创办的投资银行华兴资本控股有限公司一名前高管的腐败调查。
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该调查与华兴资本前总裁、香港证券子公司董事长丛琳的交易有关。
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当局就丛林先生涉嫌参与一项涉及贷款的交换行为对包凡进行了数次询问。
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包凡是根据一种被称为 "留置 "的特殊拘留形式被关押的。
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在这种制度下，一个人可能会被拘留长达6个月而无法接触到律师。
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目前还不清楚当局是否打算正式起诉或逮捕包凡。
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华兴资本提到其周日向香港证券交易所发表的关于包凡协助调查的声明，并补充说它将 "在适当的时候 "做出进一步的宣布。
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包凡是中国科技领域的顶级交易商，他的失踪消息导致华兴资本的股价下跌了28%。
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该公司于2月17日证实，它无法与他取得联系。
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这种情况在中国的商业精英中引起了惊愕，他们担心这会削弱私营部门。
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包凡是摩根士丹利和瑞士信贷集团的资深人士，曾帮助促成了中国打车公司滴滴出行和电子商务公司美团的合并。
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他的拘留部分与工商银行国际控股有限公司在2017年向华兴资本提供的2亿美元信贷额度有关。
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这笔贷款以包凡控制的一家公司的股份为抵押，在华兴资本在香港上市后应予以偿还。工银国际也是2018年9月IPO的保荐人之一，该项目筹集了近3.5亿美元资金。调查人员正在调查包凡是否向丛先生提供了一个在其银行的职位以确保资金。
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丛先生本应在2019年加入华兴资本，但由于旷日持久的离职审计程序，此举被推迟了。
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中国政府和国有企业官员在获准离职前必须经过审计，寻找渎职的迹象。
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调查人员正在调查丛先生在向华兴资本贷款中的作用。过去一年，中国工商银行其他几个部门的高管也成为腐败调查的目标。自去年年底以来，丛先生一直无法联系。
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自从领导人习近平发起积极的反腐行动以来，中国商界一直对几个知名人士的失踪感到不安。加拿大籍华裔金融家肖建华去年在香港一家豪华酒店的家中被抢走后，因腐败指控被判处13年监禁。
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总部位于上海的企业集团复星集团的亿万富翁董事长郭广昌，在2015年被短暂带走协助一项未指明的调查后，回到了工作岗位。香港上市券商国泰君安国际控股有限公司董事长阎峰也在类似的神秘情况下消失了，一个月后才重新出现。
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Chinese financier Fan Bao went missing last month and has since been detained by authorities in mainland China in connection with a corruption investigation targeting a former senior executive at the investment bank he founded, China Renaissance Holdings Ltd.
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The investigation is related to dealings of the former president of China Renaissance and chairman of its Hong Kong securities subsidiary, Cong Lin.
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Mr. Bao was questioned several times by authorities regarding Mr. Cong’s involvement in a suspected quid pro quo involving a loan.
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Mr. Bao is being held under a special form of detention known as liuzhi, or “retention in custody”.
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Under this system, a person may be detained for up to six months without access to a lawyer.
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It is unclear if authorities intend to formally charge or arrest Mr. Bao.
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China Renaissance referred to its statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Sunday about Mr. Bao’s assisting an investigation, adding it would make further announcements “as and when appropriate.”
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News of the disappearance of Mr. Bao, a top deal maker in China’s technology sector, caused China Renaissance’s share price to tumble 28%.
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The company confirmed on Feb. 17 that it was unable to reach him.
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The situation has caused consternation among the country’s business elite, who fear it will weaken the private sector.
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Mr. Bao is a veteran of Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Group AG and has helped broker mergers that formed Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global Inc. and e-commerce company Meituan.
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His detention is partly related to a $200 million credit line provided to China Renaissance in 2017 by ICBC International Holdings Ltd.
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The loan was secured by shares in a vehicle controlled by Mr. Bao and was due to be repaid after China Renaissance went public in Hong Kong.
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Investigators are looking into whether Mr. Bao offered Mr. Cong a position at his bank to secure the funding.
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Mr. Cong was supposed to join China Renaissance in 2019 but the move was delayed by a protracted departure audit process.
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Chinese government and state-owned enterprise officials must go through an audit looking for signs of malfeasance before being allowed to leave their posts.
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Investigators are looking into the role of a Mr. Cong in a loan to China Renaissance. Several other executives at ICBC divisions have been targeted by corruption probes over the past year. Mr. Cong has been unreachable since late last year.
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China’s business community has been unnerved by the disappearances of several prominent figures since leader Xi Jinping launched an aggressive anticorruption drive. Canadian-Chinese financier Xiao Jianhua was sentenced to 13 years in prison on corruption charges last year after being snatched from his home in a luxury hotel in Hong Kong.
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The billionaire chairman of Shanghai-based conglomerate Fosun Group, Guo Guangchang, returned to work after briefly being taken away to assist with an unspecified investigation in 2015. Yim Fung, chairman of Hong Kong-listed brokerage firm Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd., vanished under similarly mysterious circumstances only to resurface a month later.
链接：Behind Fan Bao’s Detention—a Suspected Quid Pro Quo - WSJ