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September 3rd, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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China has sacked top economic official Jiang Jiemin as head of the body overseeing the country’s state-owned companies.
Xinhua news agency has reported the official was removed for “suspected serious disciplinary violations”, a phrase commonly used in China to refer to corruption.
The move comes as the country’s leaders step up an anti-corruption campaign.
Jiang has been removed from office as head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council, Xinhua reported.
The inquiry into Jiang was announced on Sunday and reports said it would be focusing on China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the state-owned oil and gas company giant.
Jiang headed CNPC before being promoted to the SASAC post earlier this year.
China’s president Xi Jinping – who took office in March – has warned corruption could destroy the party and has threatened to expose high-ranking officials, or “tigers”, along with low-level “flies”.
Jiang is the first member of the Communist Party’s current 205-person Central Committee to face investigation, state media said.
Another former top CNPC official, Zhou Yongkang, will also face a corruption inquiry, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported last week.
Zhou went on to become China’s security chief and a member of its highest body, the Politburo Standing Committee, after his CNPC post.
AFP
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Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-03/top-chinese-official-sacked-for-corruption/4932984
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