A Chinese court jailed Wan Qingliang, former CCP Party Secretarys of Guangzhou for life on September 30, 2016, after finding him guilty of corruption. The latest official to fall in the anti-corruption campaign launched by President Xi Jinping, Wan Qingliang was placed under party investigation in 2014, before being handed over to legal authorities for prosecution. The court in Nanning city said on its official microblog that Wan Qingliang had taken more than 100 million yuan (11.57 million pounds) in bribes, gifts and from extortion in exchange for help with promotions and project approvals. The court also ordered that all of his assets be seized.