Ant Group, Alibaba's financial arm, denied rumors that a senior Hangzhou government official, who is now under disciplinary investigation, bought shares of the company during its IPO.

The partnership will also contribute to improving the health of residents in Central and Western China, enabling them to build digital infrastructure and capacity, providing training and collaboration opportunities for doctors and nurses, support academic activities in key disciplinary areas, and making services offered by the Xi'an hospital accessible to more patients.

An additional 15 employees face other disciplinary actions and Luckin is in the process of terminating relationships with all third parties involved in the fabricated transactions, the report said.

Liu Hong, Party secretary and president of the People's Insurance Company of China (PICC), is being investigated for suspected violations of Party disciplinary rules and laws, according to an announcement of the top anti-graft agency on Friday.

Zhao Jingwen, a former executive director of China's CITIC Group, is being investigated for suspected violations of Party disciplinary rules and laws, according to the top anti-graft agency on Wednesday.

All Party disciplinary actions and government sanctions were completed before Feb 3, local authorities said.

The regulation promises harsh disciplinary and legal punishment for wrongdoings.

Zhang Ping, deputy secretary of the Guizhou provincial disciplinary inspection commission, said the new regulation is an update of an across-the-board liquor ban enforced in the province since September in 2017.

Sun Bo, general manager of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, was investigated for "suspected serious violation of Party disciplinary rules and law", according to the top anti-graft agency Saturday.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Thursday to analyze the current economic situation, plan economic work in the second half of the year, and review a comprehensive report on the ninth round of disciplinary inspection missions of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

It was noted at the meeting that, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, endeavor has been furthered to promote disciplinary inspection.

Remaining committed to the principle of being strict in self-governance, Party committees at all levels and disciplinary inspection and supervisory authorities must be held accountable for the full and rigorous governance of the Party, with major leaders and specific departments at all levels being pushed to take on their respective responsibilities.

Xiao Yaqing, minister of industry and information technology, has been put under disciplinary and supervisory investigation by the country's top anti-graft body for suspected violations of disciplines and laws.

And the disciplinary training institutions for students in the compulsory education stage are not allowed to go public.

According to the regulation, authorities can conduct compliance reviews and take disciplinary measures for noncompliance.

At the board meeting on Monday, it was also discussed whether Nissan needs to impose disciplinary measures on Saikawa and other executives, sources close to the matter said.

- Fan Yifei, vice governor of the People's Bank of China, is under disciplinary and supervisory investigation, an official statement said Saturday.

Tian Huiyu, former president of China Merchants Bank, has been under disciplinary and supervisory investigation, an official statement said Friday.

Borrowers with poor credit in P2P lending sector will face disciplinary measures such as higher lending rates and restrictions on accessing loans, the report said.

Lai, 56, was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China in April last year for "serious violations of disciplinary rules and laws", and was expelled from the Party and removed from public office six months later.

Mo was formerly a leader of the disciplinary inspection team sent by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to the Finance Ministry.

China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd has announced the withdrawal of its A share IPO application, citing a significant decline in financial performance in the first half and uncertainty surrounding disciplinary investigations relating to its former chairman.

while the former chairman of the company is currently under disciplinary review and supervision investigations by relevant authorities .

The disciplinary review and supervision investigations relating to Lai Xiaomin, the company's former chairman, have had an effect on its business operations in the short term, the executive management team said.

Yao was sacked in December 2015 for "severe disciplinary violations" as part of a probe of the financial sector after a spectacular market meltdown.

"For irregularities that take advantage of the blockchain concept to make speculations and mislead investors, the stock exchange will take disciplinary punishment measures without delay.

- China's disciplinary authorities handed down punishments to 610,000 individuals in 2023, including 49 provincial or ministerial-level officials, the country's top anti-graft body said Thursday.

A total of 626,000 disciplinary violation cases were filed for investigation, according to the statement.

According to disciplinary agencies in Guangdong, Luo's removal from office in November 2022 resulted in significant reductions in the costs of hospital procurement and outpatient treatment, with the average cost of an outpatient visit falling 16.6 percent.

Cracking down on collusion between officials, businesspeople to be prioritizedThe top disciplinary watchdog of the Communist Party of China will prioritize the investigation of corruption cases involving collusion between officials and businesspeople, according to a communique issued on Wednesday.

The disciplinary authorities will continue to resolutely fight corruption related to finance, State-owned enterprises, energy, tobacco, health and infrastructure projects, it said.

The session reviewed disciplinary inspection work in 2023, arranged tasks for 2024 and approved a work report delivered by Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the CCDI.

Disciplinary authorities will promote institutional reforms in key areas, strengthen the joint investigation of bribe-giving and bribe-taking, and improve the joint punishment mechanism for key bribe givers.

The communique noted that disciplinary authorities will launch special campaigns to crack down on irregular practices of officials participating in or organizing banquets.

The communique also emphasized the need to deepen reforms of the disciplinary inspection and supervision system and to improve disciplinary regulations.

While some raised doubts on how such a list was formed and whether it was impartial, others believed that publicizing the officials' names in such a manner suggested they have violated existing disciplinary rules and are being penalized.

Huang said that being on the list did not mean that these officials failed to perform their duties, nor was it a disciplinary punishment.

- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has released the revised Regulations on CPC Disciplinary Action and urged in a circular that all localities and departments should faithfully implement the regulations.

The revised regulations further tighten political discipline and rules and provide solid disciplinary safeguards to build China into a stronger country and rejuvenate the Chinese nation on all fronts by pursuing Chinese modernization, according to the circular.

In a significant move, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has recently issued a revised set of regulations on the CPC's disciplinary action, emphasizing a commitment to enhancing the Party's capability for self-purification, improvement, reform, and excellence.

The new regulations adopt a stringent tone, blending problem-oriented and goal-focused approaches while aligning with contemporary needs to refine disciplinary norms.

He was placed under disciplinary and supervisory investigation in March 2020 and was prosecuted two months later.

Also at the forum, Salomon Hoogenraad-Vermaak, head of Public Administration Ethics, Integrity and Disciplinary Technical Assistance Unit at South Africa's Department of Public Service and Administration, called for more international exchanges on anticorruption issues.

- The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Wednesday to deliberate a comprehensive report on the first round of disciplinary inspections launched by the 20th CPC Central Committee.

The first round of disciplinary inspections launched by the 20th CPC Central Committee upheld fundamental principles and broke new ground, and made political supervision concrete, targeted and regular.

The fact has proved that disciplinary inspection is an effective way to find problems and promote their solution, and we must continue to push forward work in this regard.

The need was emphasized at the meeting to take the disciplinary inspection and rectifications as an opportunity to further strengthen the overall leadership of the Party, and urge the Party organizations inspected to raise their political stance and earnestly fulfill the duties and missions entrusted by the Party Central Committee.

What has been achieved from disciplinary inspections must be put to good use so as to deepen reforms, improve institutions, make further efforts to address issues at the source, and tackle not only symptoms but also root causes.

- The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Wednesday to deliberate a report on the first round of disciplinary inspections launched by the 20th CPC Central Committee.

The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to disciplinary inspections and made a series of major decisions and plans in this regard, according to the meeting.

Practice has proven that disciplinary inspections are an effective method to identify and solve problems, and need to be carried out constantly and intensively, the meeting noted.

Results of the first round of disciplinary inspections showed that Party building and self-governance had been strengthened in the state-owned enterprises (SOEs), finance and sports sectors, but there remain some problems, the meeting said, noting that strict steps should be taken consistently.

The disciplinary inspections and follow-up actions to solve existing problems must serve as opportunities for strengthening the Party's overall leadership and helping SOEs perform their core functions better and improve their core competitiveness.

The central inspection teams have received information regarding certain leading officials, which has been forwarded to disciplinary and supervisory authorities, the Central Organization Department of the Communist Party of China, and relevant departments for further action.

- China's top anti-graft official Li Xi has asked disciplinary inspection and supervisory agencies to accomplish the high-quality development of disciplinary inspection and supervision work.

Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said that disciplinary inspection and supervisory agencies should focus their work on advancing Chinese modernization and make significant progress in exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance, improving the conduct and integrity of the Party, and combating corruption.

Li was briefed on the progress of a Party-wide education campaign at the provincial disciplinary inspection and supervision agency of Yunnan.

The announcement came after a monthlong campaign starting in mid-April by the disciplinary authorities in Zhejiang to help victims, including individuals and organizations, clear their names and eliminate the negative effects of their accusations.

On Wednesday afternoon, Hu, who served as the executive director, Party secretary and general manager of the Huanqiu Project Management (Beijing) Co Ltd, was removed from his posts and placed under disciplinary investigation, according to an official release issued by the company.

In April, the CCDI disclosed that five officials working for State-owned enterprises had been investigated for alleged violations of discipline and law, calling for disciplinary regulators to get to the bottom of the problems to help stabilize the economy and promote development.

Teams to inspect SOEs, financial institutions, national sports bodyA total of 15 disciplinary inspection teams from the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China have been assigned to positions on the ground as of Saturday, according to an official statement.

It is the first round of disciplinary inspections launched by the 20th CPC Central Committee, targeting 30 centrally administered State-owned enterprises, five financial agencies and the General Administration of Sport of China.

The inspected bodies held mobilization meetings, and heads of the central disciplinary inspection teams reiterated that inspection and supervision are an important part of the Party and State supervision system, and a strategic institutional arrangement for comprehensively and strictly governing the Party.

According to the arrangement of the inspection, the teams will carry out the routine disciplinary inspection of central SOEs for about two-and-a-half months.

- As of Saturday, 15 teams of disciplinary inspectors have been assigned to positions on the ground, according to an official statement.

This is the first round of disciplinary inspections launched by the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, targeting 30 centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs), five financial agencies, and the General Administration of Sport of China.

Du Zhaocai, deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China, was put under investigation and disciplinary review for suspected serious violations of law and discipline, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Supervisory Commission said on Saturday.

A central financial work committee will be set up to strengthen the unified leadership over the Party's work in the financial sector, which will involve Party building, strengthening ideological, organizational and disciplinary work, and improving conduct of financial workers, the circular said.

Liu Jinguo, a veteran of the political and disciplinary system, started his new post over the weekend to continue China's fight against corruption and help strengthen the supervision of public officials.

It requires more efforts to improve Party conduct, build integrity and prevent corruption, and promote high-quality development of disciplinary inspection and supervision work on the new journey in the new era, laying a solid foundation for a positive start to building China into a modern socialist country.

Disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies at all levels received 22,100 tip-offs about their own staff and have dealt with 17,200 of them so far.

Last year, the national disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies used criticism and ordered oral or written explanatory statements to handle about 15,400 disciplinary inspection officials.

The work report submitted by the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to the 20th CPC National Congress showed that over the past five years, 43,000 officials in discipline inspection and supervision organs received cautions or were ordered to give explanatory statements, 721 officials were given organizational punishment, 16,000 people received disciplinary punishment and 620 people were transferred to judicial organs for investigation.

- A regulation previously issued by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on disciplinary action against Party members violating Party disciplines has been published by the People's Publishing House.

The regulation specifies the limits of authority and procedures for approving such disciplinary action.

Over 2,300 officials from disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies at all levels were penalized last year, according to the Central Commission of Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Commission of Supervision, the country's top anti-graft bodies.

Another 110 discipline inspection officials were transferred to judicial organs for investigation, according to a statement regarding the supervisory and disciplinary review and the investigation of discipline inspection personnel in 2022, which were issued by the commissions on Wednesday.

Disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have upheld full and rigorous self-governance to punish corrupt officials within the disciplinary inspection and supervision departments to firmly prevent "black under the lamp".

Disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies at all levels received 22,100 tipoffs and reports involving disciplinary inspection and supervision personnel and dealt with 17,200 of them.

Last year, the national disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies used criticism and oral or written inquiries to handle about 154,000 disciplinary inspection officials.

He pointed out that grain purchases are key to guaranteeing food safety, suggesting the disciplinary and supervisory departments at all levels keep monitoring local grain administrations and large-scale grain companies.

The communique adopted at the second plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which was held in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday, required disciplinary authorities to investigate new and hidden forms of corruption in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign.

Discipline inspection and supervision organs will improve the precision and effectiveness of the crackdown, investigate bribery and recover illegal gains, while safeguarding the legal operation of enterprises, protecting the rights of people involved and achieving the organic unity of political, disciplinary and social effects, Xiao said.

The top disciplinary agency of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Tuesday pledged in a communique that studying and implementing the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress will be the primary political task now and in the near future.

The session made arrangements for disciplinary work in 2023, and deliberated and approved a work report delivered by Li Xi on behalf of the CCDI standing committee.

Stressing the importance of improving the systems and regulations for the Party's self-reform, the communique called for efforts to improve the framework for Party regulations, consider revising regulations on Party disciplinary penalties, and advance national anti-corruption legislation, so that disciplinary oversight is exercised on a regular basis.

It vowed to see that political inspections serve as a powerful tool, urging efforts to revise Party regulations on disciplinary inspection and formulate a five-year plan for disciplinary inspection work.

The plenum called on all disciplinary inspectors and supervisors to strive in unity to build a modern socialist country in all respects and advance national rejuvenation on all fronts.

According to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Commission of Supervision — China's top anti-graft watchdogs — 32 senior officials under the management of the CPC Central Committee's Organization Department were placed under disciplinary review and investigation in 2022, the highest number since 2017.

In addition, 37 senior officials received disciplinary and administrative punishments last year.

It will make plans for advancing full and rigorous self-governance and making progress in disciplinary inspection and supervision work for 2023.

Statistics show some 81,000 people have voluntarily surrendered to disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies over the past five years.

Local disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies across the country have made efforts to keep leading officials under effective oversight, improve Party conduct on a consistent and sustained basis, and uproot corruption in sectors with a high concentration of power, funds and resources.

Wang Xuefeng, a former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress, has been placed under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Commission of Supervision.

The CCDI and NCS, the country's top anti-graft watchdogs, issued a statement on Friday, saying that Wang is suspected of seriously violating Party disciplines and national laws and is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.

Ji Binchang, chairman of the Qingdao Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in East China's Shandong province, has been placed under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation, according to the country's top anti-graft watchdogs.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Commission of Supervision issued a statement on Friday, saying that Ji is suspected of seriously violating Party disciplines and national laws and is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the CCDI and NCS.

Huang was placed under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation in March 2022, and his membership in the 12th CPPCC Yunnan Provincial Committee was revoked in June.

Wrongdoings will be punished according to the Party's disciplinary rules as well as national laws, according to the seven-chapter document titled Implementation Measures for Rural Vitalization Accountability.

During the first nine months of 2022, the city's discipline watchdog investigated 53 cases of corruption and misconduct in environmental protection work, and initiated disciplinary action against 80 individuals.