Zhang Qi, a former senior official in southern Hainan province, has been expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from public office over serious violations of discipline and laws, according to a statement by the top anti-graft body today, Xinhua reports.
Zhang, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Hainan provincial committee of the party and former secretary of the party's Haikou municipal committee, is being investigated by the party Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, said the statement.
An investigation found that Zhang failed to faithfully and fully implement major decisions and arrangements of the party central committee, the statement said. He violated the eight-point code on party and government conduct by accepting banquets and tourist trips arranged by private business owners on many occasions, the statement said.
Abusing his public power, Zhang sought benefits for others in terms of construction project contracts, real estate development and official promotion and received a huge amount of property and money in return, the statement added.
Zhang severely violated the party's political discipline and rules on frugality, organization, clean governance, work and life and is suspected of taking bribes, said the statement, adding that he showed no signs of restraint even after the 18th National Congress.
Zhang's qualifications for delegates to the 19th National Congress and the seventh Hainan provincial congress were also terminated, while his illicit gains would be confiscated.
His suspected crimes will be transferred to the procuratorate for further investigation and prosecution, it added.
