CHINA-LEADERSHIP: DISMISSALS FOR VIOLATIONS OF PARTY DISCIPLINE
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Xinhua and South China Morning Post both reported on February 25, 2018 that 65-year Yang Jing, Secretary General of China’s State Council, has been removed from his administrative posts, which decide his perks, and demoted from deputy state to ministerial level, partly because of links to troubled businessman Xiao Jianhua. Xinhua said Yang Jing was sacked for “serious violations of Communist Party discipline” and colluding with “law-breaking businessmen and society people”. Yang Jing holds the title of State Councillor and is a top assistant to Premier Li Keqiang. In a sign of leniency Yang Jing was put on one year’s probation within the Party.
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