A Beijing reporter, who claimed to be able to help people change jobs and transfer universities, and took 750,000 yuan in bribes, was sentenced to 13 years in jail.

Guo Huaimian, 38, who worked as a reporter at the Chinese People's Political and Consultative Conference Daily, was also fined 13,000 yuan, according to the sentence handed down in Fengtai district court on Nov 2.

From May 2008 to March 2009, Guo was paid 400,000 yuan by doctor Zhang Puyi, who wanted to be transferred from a county-level city hospital in Jilin province to the provincial capital Changchun.