CCDI to probe 26 SOEs

China's powerful Central Commission for Discipline Inspection pledged on Wednesday to direct the country's anti-graft campaign toward China's large State-owned enterprises.

The first round of the effort will cover 26 large SOEs, including some of the nation's largest and most high-profile energy corporations, said Wang Qishan, chief of the CCDI.

They include China National Petroleum Corp, China National Offshore Oil Corp, China Huaneng Group, State Grid Corp of China, China Power Investment Corp and China Mobile Communications Corp, Wang said.