China’s Communist Party targets Hangzhou in anti-graft drive
- Top cadres in the city – including recent retirees – and their families must declare any conflicts of interest in their ties with business
- Campaign under way well before weekend announcement of investigation into city’s party boss
Senior cadres in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou – including those who have retired or stepped down within the last three years – will be questioned by anticorruption investigators to see if they or their family members have colluded with business or have conflicts of interest.
It is not clear if Monday’s announcement was directly tied to Zhou’s case, one of the most high-profile anticorruption investigations in the country this year.
Late on Saturday, the CCDI announced that Zhou, 54, was being investigated for alleged “serious violations of discipline and law”, but offered no further details on the nature of the allegations.
Zhou’s investigation came as a surprise as he chaired a meeting with other city leaders just a day earlier.
He is the most senior official in Hangzhou to be investigated in recent years.