Ma Xingrui was appointed acting governor of South China's Guangdong province on Friday.
The local legislature in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has appointed Zhang Guoqing as acting mayor.
President Xi Jinping Friday called on political advisors to conscientiously perform their duties in 2017 and give more advice and suggestions on state affairs.
China aims to further expand its e-commerce market and integrate it with more sectors to boost economic growth and employment.
Ma Jian, former vice minister of state security, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Party's top discipline agency said Friday.
Gong Qinggai, a former senior Taiwan affairs official, and Liu Zhigeng, former vice governor of southern China's Guangdong Province, have been indicted on suspicions of bribery, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Friday.
In the next five years, China will invest 3.5 trillion yuan ($503 billion) to accelerate railway construction, including expansion of the country's high-speed rail network to 30,000 kilometers, a senior official said on Thursday.
A Beijing police officer has been fired and another removed from his post after a man choked to death in custody in May.
An anti-graft official in Sichuan province has been placed under investigation after he was caught soliciting a prostitute.
China rebutted a recent report that Zimbabwe had sent wild animals, including 35 elephant calves, to China to pay for a military debt, saying it is "sheer nonsense with an ulterior motive".
China has accelerated its anti-corruption pace ahead of a key meeting next week by announcing developments on three major cases on Thursday.
China is opening more sectors to foreign investment and introducing a slew of measures to invite participation, top officials said.
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