(XINHUA)

Liu Tienan, Vice Minister of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is under investigation by the Party's disciplinary commission, the Ministry of Supervision revealed on its website on May 12. Liu was head of the National Energy Administration from December 2010 to March. He has served as a vice minister of the NDRC since 2008. The NDRC is a super ministry that sets broad economic policies and approves major investments.

Liu has become the second ministerial level official to be investigated since the Party's new leadership took power last November.