April 30 (Reuters) – The highest anti-corruption watchdog in Southwest China’s Yunnan province stated on Friday the governor of the burgeoning aluminium hub of Wenshan had been positioned below investigation.
Zhang Xiulan, who has been governor of Wenshan prefecture since March 2015, is suspected of “grave violations of self-discipline and the legislation,” the Yunnan Province Fee for Self-discipline Inspection stated in a press release, with out elaborating.
Zhang, 54, has already handed herself over to the authorities, it added.
Wenshan, which lies a distant a part of Yunnan close to Vietnam, has change into a preferred vacation spot for aluminium smelters together with Chinalco, Henan Shenhuo 000933.SZ and China Hongqiao Group 1378.HK trying to reap the benefits of its ample hydropower assets because the sector seeks to scale back emissions.
On Wednesday, nonetheless, China’s surroundings ministry criticised Wenshan for failing to crack down on unlawful hydropower stations and being “perfunctory” over rectifications required to guard the ecosystem.
China’s President Xi Jinping launched a sweeping anti-corruption marketing campaign when he took over management of the ruling Communist Occasion in late 2012 and a whole lot of officers have since been prosecuted.
Reuters was not instantly capable of attain Zhang or a consultant for remark.
(Reporting by Tom Daly; Enhancing by Richard Chang)
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