Ex-head of automaker jailed for bribery

The former head of China's major automaker has been sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison for bribery, a Beijing court announced on Thursday.

Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Xu Jianyi, the former chairman of FAW Group Corp, and ordered the confiscation of a list of his personal properties.

Between 2000 and 2013, Xu, the former Communist Party of China chief of Jilin city in Northeast China's Jilin province, accepted bribes in return for using his position in government and enterprise to benefit others, the court said.