Former Jiangxi vice-governor Hu Changqing will be executed on Friday during the meetings of the NPC and the CPPCC to demonstrate Beijing's determination to stem corruption, sources said.
'Hu's appeal was rejected on March 1 and he is to be executed on March 10,' a Beijing source said.
Hu will be the most senior government official to be executed for corruption.
Leaders will publicise Hu's crimes to show delegates that the move against corruption was serious.
Hu was sentenced to death last month for accepting more than five million yuan (HK$4.6 million) in bribes.
'Before the major Yuan Hua corruption case could be wrapped up, leaders hoped the harsh action against Hu could minimise the accusation that party leaders were not taking the scourge seriously,' a source close to the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.
Hu's execution is expected to coincide with the delivery of reports to NPC delegates by the Supreme People's Court President, Xiao Yang, and the Chief Procurator (prosecutor) of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Han Zhubin, on Friday.