Vice-governor suspected of graft; 2nd is disciplined

Peng Yuxing, vice-governor of Sichuan province, has been placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission for suspected severe violations of Party discipline and law, according to an official statement on Sunday.

Peng, a Sichuan native, was born in 1962. He graduated from Sichuan University with a master's degree in 1985, and received his doctorate in 1992 from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris specializing in polymers and materials. He pursued postdoctoral studies at the Exxon Chemical Co of France from July 1992 to December 1993.

Peng later served in leadership positions at the Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1997 to 2009.