Zhao Zhengyong

Zhao Zhengyong, former Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, is being investigated for suspected serious violations of Party disciplinary rules and laws, according to the country's top anti-graft body on January 15.

Zhao is under investigation by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.

Born in east China's Anhui Province in 1951, Zhao worked for Ma Steel Group in Ma'anshan City in Anhui starting in 1970, becoming deputy secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee of the company in 1979.

He served as secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee of Ma'anshan City from 1982 to 1985 and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Ma'anshan City from 1988 to 1992. He was deputy governor of Shaanxi from 2005 to 2011, governor from 2011 to 2012 and secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee from 2012 to 2016.