Two Shanxi officials removed from posts

Two senior officials who served in corruption-ridden Shanxi province have been removed from their posts and expelled from the Communist Party of China for alleged bribe-taking and adultery, the country's top disciplinary watchdog said.

Shen Weichen, 58, former Party chief and executive vice-president of the China Association for Science and Technology and former Party chief of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, has been expelled from the Party and removed from his posts, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC said on Monday.

The watchdog also announced that Jin Daoming, vice-chairman of the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, has been expelled from the Party and his posts for similar violations including bribe-taking and adultery.