Former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan under investigation

Huang Qifan, former mayor of Chongqing, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of Party discipline and national laws, China’s top anti-corruption authorities announced on Tuesday.

The announcement was published online by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision. No further details were released.

Huang, 74, a native of Zhejiang province, began his career as a worker at a coking plant in September 1968 and joined the CPC in March 1976, according to public records. He spent decades working in Shanghai before moving to Chongqing in 2001.

In Chongqing, Huang held several key positions, including mayor and deputy secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee.

From February 2017 to March 2018, he worked for the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature.

He also served as executive deputy director of the academic committee at the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy.

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