Northern province of Shanxi has appointed several city and provincial officials in an effort to close large vacancies left by the anti-corruption drive.
The appointments include several city officials and county heads in Lvliang City, as well as officials in the province's transport department, according to an announcement by the provincial government.
Observers say the move is a major step in rebuilding the province's corruption-plagued officialdom.
The coal-rich province has been a frontier for China's war against corruption since last year. The province punished 15,450 officials in 2014, including seven from the top provincial leadership.
Wang Rulin, secretary of the Shanxi Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said there were nearly 300 vacancies in the provincial administration, including three city party chiefs, 16 country party chiefs and 13 county heads.
The appointments were the first of their kind after the installment of the province's new party leadership last September.
Wang said they have highlighted enforcement of discipline in the selection and no influence peddling has been observed.
Officials from Shanxi investigated for graft
2015-03-16Luxury sales sag in corruption-plagued Shanxi
2015-02-16China to trace accountability of mass corruption in Shanxi
2015-01-08Shanxi official calls for stronger anti-graft efforts
2014-09-223 senior officials dismissed in coal-rich Shanxi province
2014-11-27CPC expels senior Shanxi officials over corruption
2015-03-04Problem in Shanxi ‘seems like cancer‘
2015-03-06More corrupt Shanxi officials expelled from CPC
2014-11-27Shanxi plans to cut graft at root
2015-03-07Five officials fall in corruption-hit Shanxi province
2014-09-26Shanxi senior legislator expelled from CPC
2014-12-22Copyright ©1999-2018
Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.