Key facts
- Former Shenzhen mayor Qin Weizhong is under investigation for suspected serious violations of Communist Party discipline and Chinese law.
- The investigation was announced by China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
- Qin took up his new post less than a month before the investigation was announced.
Qin Weizhong, who previously served as the mayor of Shenzhen, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of Communist Party discipline and Chinese law, authorities announced Monday. The probe by China's top anticorruption agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), and the National Supervisory Commission comes less than a month after Qin, 55, took up a new position as a member of the Communist Party leadership group of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress. No specific details of the allegations were provided.