Anti-graft body investigates statistics bureau chief

China’s anti-graft agency announced yesterday that the head of the country’s National Bureau of Statistics is being investigated for severe disciplinary violations, a phrase which usually refers to corruption.
The announcement posted on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection came hours after Wang Baoan had briefed reporters at a news conference in Beijing about China’s economy in 2015.
Various prominent political figures have been ensnared in President Xi Jinping’s three-year-old anti-corruption crackdown. More than 100 senior officials and military officers have been charged with crimes or placed under criminal investigation, with no sign of the campaign abating.
Wang, 52, was appointed chief of the statistics bureau in April last year. He previously served as vice minister of finance.