Vice minister of industry, commerce probed for corruption   

国家工商总局副局长孙鸿志涉嫌严重违纪违法被调查

File photo of Sun Hongzhi.

Sun Hongzhi, vice minister of the State Administration for Industry & Commerce, has been put under investigation, said the nation's top anti-graft agency on Friday.

Sun is under probe for alleged violation of the CPC discipline and is suspected of breaking the law, according to a statement of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).