Provincial Executive Vice Governor Hit With Graft Probe

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What’s new: Li Shisong, executive vice governor of Southwest China’s Yunnan province, has been placed under a graft investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law,” the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced Tuesday in a brief statement that didn’t elaborate.

Li, 55, is the first alternate member of the current 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee to fall under a corruption probe. The Central Committee, the party’s highest body of authority, consists of 205 full member and 171 alternates.

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Li Shisong, executive vice governor of Yunnan, is under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law.
This marks the first corruption probe of an alternate member of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee.
The investigation follows his appointment six months ago and involves at least two close associates, including Sun Can and Chen Shiyu.

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What Happened When

January 2024：: Li Shisong took the executive vice governor position.

May 2024：: Chen Shiyu, a former vice party chief of Qujing, Yunnan, turned himself in for violations of discipline and law.

May 13, 2024：: Li Shisong's last public appearance when he chaired an anti-corruption task force meeting.

Late May 2024：: Sun Can, the secretary-general of the Yunnan provincial government, was put under investigation.

June 25, 2024：: CCDI announced that Li Shisong has been placed under a graft investigation.

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