China’s top anti-corruption agency is investigating Jiang Jiemin, head of the commission overseeing the country’s biggest state-owned enterprises

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China State Assets Head Jiang Under Investigation

By Nerys Avery – Sep 1, 2013

(Corrects month of Jiang’s appointment in third paragraph.)

China’s top anti-corruption agency is investigating Jiang Jiemin, head of the commission overseeing the country’s biggest state-owned enterprises, the official Xinhua News Agency reported today. Jiang, 57, head of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, is being probed by the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection over “suspected serious disciplinary violations,” Xinhua said in a one-paragraph report today. No further details were given. Jiang, who was appointed to the commission in March, is the latest senior official to come under investigation after Xi Jinping pledged to root out corruption when he took over as head of the party in November. Liu Tienan, vice chairman of the country’s planning agency, was expelled from the party in August after being fired in May after a probe began and Li Chuncheng, a deputy party secretary of Sichuan province was put under investigation in December, Xinhua reported at the time. The South China Morning Post said Aug. 30 that party leaders have agreed to investigate retired Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang on corruption allegations, citing people it didn’t identify. Leaders made the decision because of rising anger inside the party at the scale of corruption and the vast fortune amassed by his family, it said. News of Jiang’s investigation comes a week after the trial of ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai, who was charged with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.

To contact the reporter on this story: Nerys Avery in Beijing at navery2@bloomberg.net

 

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