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Beijing

Party expels Hebei official

Jing Chunhua, a former senior official of the Communist Party of China in north China's Hebei province, has been expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office following a graft investigation. Jing, a member of the standing committee of the CPC provincial committee of Hebei and its secretary-general, was found to have accepted bribes and taken advantage of his post to seek profits for others in cadre selection and business operations, according to a statement issued by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Friday.