(Beijing Comprehensive News) The State Administration of Discipline Inspection of the CPC Central Committee reported on Monday (December 19) that the former Minister of Industry and Information Technology Xiao Yaqing was expelled from party membership and government affairs to be dismissed and reduced to a first -level level due to serious disciplinary violations and violations of laws and laws.Senior Staff.

According to the official website of the State Administration of Discipline Inspection of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, after investigation, Xiao Yaqing had issues such as banquets that may affect fair execution of official duties and received large amounts of money from other people in violation of regulations.

The report said that 63 -year -old Xiao Yaqing seriously violated the party's political discipline, organizational discipline and integrity discipline, and constituted a job violation. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he did not converge, does not stop, and serious in nature. He should be dealt with seriously.

The notification also pointed out that, in view of Xiao Yaqing in a short period of time to truthfully illustrate the facts of violations of discipline and law, admit it and regret it, and the full refund of violations of disciplinary violations, in accordance with the principles of punishment and treatment, healing and saving people.

After studying and reporting to the Central Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and approved by the Central Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, it was decided to give Xiao Yaqing to expel party sanctions.

In July this year, Xiao Yaqing, who was in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for two years, was in office.The relevant notifications of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the time were still called "Comrade Xiao Yaqing" in the relevant notifications of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and it was said that it was "suspected of violating discipline and law", not "serious disciplinary violations."

The wording of this notification was not so serious as the plot of disciplinary violations at the time.

However, the official reported that Xiao Yaqing "seriously violated discipline and law", but was able to "admit wrong and regret".

According to China News Weekly, Liu Shiyu, deputy secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Council of the National Supply and Marketing Cooperative Council in 2019, also officially reported that it was also called "comrades".

Liu Shiyu was given a two -year punishment for the party in the same year.