Chongqing Vice Mayor Wang Lijun under investigation: CPPCC

Chongqing Vice Mayor Wang Lijun is under investigation and not to attend the upcoming session of the National People's Congress (NPC)，a spokesman for the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee said Friday in Beijing.

Wang, an NPC deputy, has asked for leave in this year's session, Spokesman Zhao Qizheng told reporters at a press conference, adding that progress has been made in the probe.

Wang entered the U.S. consulate in southwest China and stayed there for one day, the office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokespersons said on Feb. 9.

"Wang's incident is an isolated case," Zhao said, asking media not to make excessive speculation on the incident.

Zhao compared some media reports of Wang's incident to "puzzle pieces", which, because of lack of information, are not accurate and even absurd.

Southwestern China's Chongqing municipality has made many achievements in social and economic development in recent years, Zhao said.

Bo Xilai, secretary of Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, will attend this year's NPC session, according to Zhao.

The annual session of the NPC, China's top legislature, and that of the CPPCC national committee, the top political advisory body, will open early this month.