A senior official at China’s National Energy Association has been dismissed as a widening anti-corruption campaign envelops the key power sector, long the domain of one of the country’s former leaders.
Xu Yongsheng was dismissed as deputy director of the NEA, state media said yesterday. He is one of four senior NEA officials – including those overseeing nuclear power, coal and renewable energy – to be placed under investigation in the past 10 days.
President Xi Jinping unleashed a wide-ranging anti-corruption drive in 2013 and vowed to target powerful “tigers” as well as lowly “flies”. Until now, the campaign has primarily focused on allies of powerful former energy and security chief Zhou Yongkang.
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