China's former industry minister Xiao Yaqing was expelled from the Communist Party for bribery and relieved of his government duties, China's anti-graft watchdog said on Monday.
Xiao, 62, will be demoted to a lower-level position and arrangements will be made for his retirement, The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement on its website.
He was putThe ministry of industry and information technology oversees a vast swathe of the economy, from next-generation telecoms to semiconductors, vaccine production and electric vehicles.
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