(CFP)

Yao Mugen, Vice Governor of east China's Jiangxi Province, has been under investigation for suspected serious disciplinary and legal violations.

Yao, 57, was promoted to the current position from the head of the provincial development and reform commission in 2011. He has become the fifth provincial-level official investigated this year and the 23rd investigated in a national anti-corruption campaign launched after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in November 2012.