Han Yong, a former senior political advisor of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) over serious violations of Party discipline and laws, the country's top anti-graft body said on Monday.
Han was formerly chairperson of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and formerly vice director of the CPPCC National Committee's Committee of Population, Resources and Environment.
The decision came following an investigation by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision upon the approval of the CPC Central Committee, according to an official statement.
The investigation found that Han had lost his ideals and beliefs, engaged in political speculation, and violated relevant rules to attend banquets and take tourist trips arranged by others.
Han was also found to have interfered in the enforcement of discipline rules and laws, and to have taken advantage of his positions to seek profits for others in business operations, official appointments and project contracting, accepting massive amounts of money and gifts in return, according to the statement.
It said that in line with Party regulations and laws, a decision was made to expel him from the Party, confiscate his illicit gains, and hand his case over for judicial proceedings.
