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Former university VP faces graft charges

Zhang Guang, former vice-president of Beihang University, has been charged with taking bribes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Monday. Following an investigation by the National Commission of Supervision, the procuratorate in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, filed Zhang's case with the city's intermediate people's court, the top procuratorate said. Prosecutors accused Zhang of taking advantage of his various positions at Beihang University to seek undue profits for others and accepting an especially large amount of money and valuables in return.

Community jobs for 34,400 graduates

China will support the recruitment of 34,400 college graduates this year to work in different fields such as education, agriculture, medical care and rural revitalization at the community level. The service period for the posts will be two years, according to a plan issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Monday. The ministry has jointly issued a circular with the Ministry of Finance that requires localities to guarantee funding for the posts and ensure the allocation of payments for work and living, settling-in, social insurance premiums and allowances. The circular also urged efforts to strengthen the education and training of those employed, and the provision of employment services when they complete their terms.

Ex-deputy head of panda center probed

Zhang Haiqing, former deputy director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration's China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas, is under disciplinary and supervisory investigation, according to an official statement issued on Monday. Zhang is being investigated by personnel from the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision at the administration and the supervisory commission of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, in Sichuan province, for suspected serious violations of Party discipline and laws.

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