China’s anti-corruption watchdog investigates former Tibet party boss Wu Yingjie

A former Communist Party chief of China’s Tibet autonomous region has been put under investigation as part of the country’s anti-corruption campaign.

Wu Yingjie, who spent 47 years in Tibet, including a five-year stint as the top official, faces the scrutiny of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and the National Supervisory Commission.

The 67-year-old, who now serves on the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s top political advisory body, is undergoing disciplinary review and investigation for “serious violations of discipline and laws”, according to a Sunday announcement published on the CCDI website.

Wu is the latest of several high-profile officials to be investigated as part of China’s anti-corruption drive. He is the eighth ministerial-level official to be taken down by the CCDI since a major political reshuffle at the 20th party congress in October 2022.

Other leading officials targeted include Shanghai legislature chief Dong Yunhu; former medical reform official Sun Zhigang; Han Yong, former chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the CPPCC; former sports minister Gou Zhongwen; former justice minister Tang Yijun; agriculture minister Tang Renjian; and Li Yuefeng, executive vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.