File photo of Cui Jian (Photo via verified Weibo account of Xinhua)
A senior executive from China's leading steelmaker has become the latest employee from a state-owned company to be targeted by the country's anti-corruption campaign.
Cui Jian was the vice general manager of Baosteel Group Corporation headquartered in Shanghai.
The municipal disciplinary watchdog said on Tuesday that Cui was under official investigation for suspected "serious violations of discipline and law", a term often used to describe taking bribes and corruption.
The announcement comes as the central authorities vowed in the beginning of 2015 that the anti-graft work this year will focus on state-owned companies.
The central discipline watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, has set the task of inspecting all major state-owned enterprises this year.
The target would cover 153 state-owned enterprises supervised by the State Council's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, as well as state-owned banks and other financial institutions supervised by State Council commissions.
Earlier this week, Qi Dacai, a senior executive of the electricity giant China Southern Power Grid, was put under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline.
The top anti-graft body announced earlier this month that Xu Jianyi, chairman of major Chinese automaker FAW Group, has been put under investigation.
Xu was also the highest-level executive from the auto industry to be investigated by the anti-corruption watchdog in the past 3 decades.
Earlier in March, China National Petroleum Corporation has seen 5 senior executives, including its general manager Liao Yongyuan being investigated for suspected corruption.
Also on Tuesday, the top anti-graft agency has also announced the set-up of disciplinary inspection groups in the headquarters of the nation's legislature and top advisory body for the first time.
Counterpart groups were also established in the General Office of the State Council and four departments under the CPC Central Committee, including the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC.
