Yang Luyu, former mayor of Jinan City in east China's Shandong Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and removed from public office for multiple violations.
Zhang Yue, a former standing committee member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) committee in north China's Hebei Province, has been expelled from the Party and removed from public office.
A suspect from China's list of 100 most wanted economic fugitives stood trial on suspicion of embezzlement and corruption at a Beijing court on Tuesday.
Anti-corruption battle set to be intensified
China's next round of anti-corruption inspections, which will run over the next few months, will focus on the Party leaderships of 32 state and Party organs.
The son and the wife of former security chief Zhou Yongkang were sentenced to prison terms on Wednesday, according to verdicts issued by a court in Hubei province.
China called on the international community to help its ongoing efforts to seize suspected corrupt officials who flee overseas.
The Communist Party of China (CPC)'s top anti-graft body on Tuesday said 9,361 officials were reprimanded for violating austerity rules in the first three months this year.
Officials involved in big corruption cases may face a new sentence now — life imprisonment without parole, said top judiciary authorities.
A total of 3,180 officials, including three at provincial and ministerial level, were disciplined for violating thrift and integrity rules in February.
Judicial authorities say the country has remained tough on corruption as it presses on with its anti-graft drive launched three years ago.
Recent cooperation between the United States and China in combating corruption is encouraging, according to David Firestein, vice-president of the East West Institute.