New rules to prevent corruption at China's top think tank mean higher government officials no longer will be nominated as candidates for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an academic society known for its cutting-edge research projects.
Guangdong police have caught the lowest-level official among Interpol's 100 most-wanted Chinese fugitives suspected of corruption.
Zhou Benshun, the top official of Hebei province, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption charges, the latest major incident in the country's sweeping anti-graft campaign.
Ji Baocheng has been suspended from the Party for two years and investigated for improper behavior relating to university enrollment.
Despite the investigation and prosecution of hundreds of officials across China, the counter-corruption drive is showing no signs of letting up.
China's use of social media to encourage public tip-offs about corrupt or unprofessional official practice is gaining steam.
Wang Tianpu, general manager of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), one of the country's oil giants, has been put under investigation for suspected "serious law and discipline violations."
Three more Chinese officials are being investigated for alleged bribe taking in separate cases.
Former security chief Zhou Yongkang was charged on Friday with bribery, abuse of power and intentional disclosure of State secrets.
Zhong Shijian, deputy secretary of the Guangdong provincial discipline inspection commission, has been put under investigation for suspected "serious violations of discipline and law", China's top anti-graft body announced on its website Wednesday.
A former official and a businessman, suspected of bribery, were taken back to China Saturday after about three months of exile in Laos.
The People's Procuratorate of Heilongjiang Province has decided to arrest Sun Yanbin, former Party chief of the Northeast Petroleum University, on charges of bribery.
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