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Li Chongxi, former Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was removed from his post for suspected violations of Party discipline and law on January 2.

Li, 63, became the 18th provincial-level official investigated for suspected disciplinary violations since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in November 2012 and the sixth investigated in December, 2013, alone.