Female officials among those investigated

At least 12 female government officials have been investigated on corruption allegations this year amid the clean-governance campaign, according to anti-graft authorities.

Women account for 4 percent of the 283 officials who have been investigated this year, according to the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China's top anti-graft watchdog.

The latest case occurred on June 9, when Jin Qiufen, director of Yangzhou City Environmental Protection Bureau in Jiangsu province, was investigated for suspected grave violation of discipline and law.