Tan Li, vice governor of south China's island province of Hainan, was removed from his post Wednesday, according to local government.
Five Chinese officials have been prosecuted or probed for bribe-taking, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said in a statement on Wednesday.
The disciplinary watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Tuesday announced the expulsion of six officials from the Party and public office for "serious violations of discipline and law."
Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, was last seen in public at the 60th anniversary of his alma mater, China University of Petroleum, on Oct 1, 2013.
China's pets population is fast catching up with the country's ever-increasing urban households.
The rule of law will be high on the agenda during the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee when it meets in October.
China's ongoing anti-corruption investigations into officials who have close ties to China National Petroleum Corp, the country's oil giant, may affect the company's business operations and a billion-dollar project in Canada, experts said.
Zhou Bin, the younger son of former top security chief Zhou Yongkang, has been placed under detention on a charge of illegal business dealings, an article on Caijing magazine's website said on Tuesday.
Retired former head of domestic security becomes the most senior Party official to face formal investigation during the term of President Xi Jinping.
Zhou's former colleagues who have been probed
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has decided to place Zhou Yongkang under investigation for suspected "serious disciplinary violation."
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