Sichuan vice-governor under investigation

Peng Yuxing, vice-governor of Southwest China's Sichuan province, is under disciplinary and supervisory investigation for suspected severe violations of disciplines and laws, an official statement said Sunday.

The investigation is being conducted by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.

Peng, a Sichuan native, was born in 1962. He graduated from Sichuan University with a master's degree in 1985 and in July 1992 received his science doctorate from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, specializing in polymers and materials.

He pursued a postdoctoral degree at ExxonMobil Chemical France from July 1992 to December 1993.

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

Peng started his political career as the Party chief of the science and technology department of Sichuan province in 2009.

He was appointed Party chief of Neijiang city, Sichuan, in 2013 and later became Party chief of Sichuan's Mianyang city two years later.

He was promoted to vice-governor of Sichuan in September 2017.

While serving as vice-governor, he was also head of the office of the development of military-civilian integration.