China Three Gorges Corp bosses replaced after graft probe
Chairman and general manager assigned other jobs after problems found at state-owned firm
The central government has removed two senior executives of China Three Gorges Corp after an anti-corruption watchdog discovered problems at the state-owned enterprise.
Three Gorges chairman Cao Guangjing and general manager Chen Fei had been removed and would be assigned other jobs, Wang Jingqing, a deputy head of the Organisation Department of the Communist Party's central committee, said at a company meeting on March 24.
Lu Chun would take over from Cao, while Wang Lin would replace Chen, Wang Jingqing said in a statement on the company's website.
The leadership change was a decision of the party's central committee and State Council, based on evidence gathered by the anti-corruption inspection team and feedback from many quarters, he said.
The change also came in the wake of the central government's corruption investigation of Three Gorges, which was announced last month.
Some associates of unnamed Three Gorges officials were secretly involved in bidding for the company's projects, said Hou Kai, the head of the anti-corruption inspection group.