China investigates former stock market regulator Yi Huiman for disciplinary breaches
Yi is the second watchdog regulator of China’s US$12 trillion capital market to be investigated for graft in a decade
Yi Huiman, the former regulator of China’s equities market, is being investigated for disciplinary breaches, as the country’s long-standing anti-graft campaign extends into all corners of the financial industry, from banking to the stock market.
Yi, the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) from January 2019 to February 2024, is being investigated by the Communist Party’s disciplinary unit for severe breaches of discipline, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which did not elaborate on the details of the investigation.
In China, the official language for suspected disciplinary breaches is often referred to as “economic crimes” in the statements announced by the anti-graft body. Yi’s probe was reported on Friday on Caixin.com, but the report was soon deleted from its website.
A statistician by training, Yi would be the second watchdog regulator of China’s US$12 trillion capital market – the world’s second largest – to be investigated for graft in a decade and the third to be fired since 2016.
