(XINHUA)

Liu Tienan, former Vice Minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planning body, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and removed from public office for discipline and law violations, according to a statement released by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on August 8.

The statement said Liu "took advantage of his position to seek profit for others, and both Liu and his family accepted huge amounts of money and property." Liu's alleged actions constitute serious crimes and disciplinary offenses and his case will be transferred to judicial organs.

Born in 1954, Liu was dismissed from his post for suspected involvement in serious disciplinary violations in May.