Li Daqiu, former vice-chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region's political advisory body, has been charged with bribery.
Anti-graft authorities investigated more than 60,000 cases in the first five months of this year, nearly 35 percent more than in the same period last year, according to an official from the top anti-graft watchdog.
Three senior officials who have been investigated were found to be living extravagant lifestyles before they were placed under a corruption probe, the top anti-graft watchdog said on Monday.
China and Laos signed seven cooperative agreements on Monday in their efforts to jointly boost national development in trade and other areas during the Lao president's second visit to China in less than a year.
Auditors nationwide will keep a close eye on officials in three key areas of accountability: government debt, natural resources and implementation of the central government's frugality campaign.
Improving governance methods, boosting public welfare and learning from different experiences were among key topics discussed by senior officials from China and Singapore at a major forum in Beijing on Monday.
More than half of the country's military aerodrome clearance zones have been affected by negligence over the past two decades, leading to nearly 100 plane accidents and the closure or relocation of about 10 military airfields, according to the General Staff Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army(PLA), Xinhua News Agency reported.
China's first regulations on military awards and commendations will be put into effect on Aug 1.
A live-fire military exercise starting in southeast coastal areas on Tuesday will have limited impact on civil aviation, the Ministry of National Defense said.
The top anti-graft watchdog is taking a series of measures, including punishing its own officials who are easily bribed, strengthening discipline and consolidating its role.
Japan's claim over China's Diaoyu Islands is yet another attempt to break the international order established after World War II, and it is proof of the Japanese right wing's ambitions to rebuild the country as a military power, experts said on Saturday.
A total of 319 people in a brigade of the 40th Army in Shenyang Military Area Command have been punished for misbehavior.