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China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced on Sunday that it and the National Commission of Supervision have launched an investigation into Ouyang Weimin, the former president of the China Development Bank, on suspicion of serious violations of party discipline and the law. The anti-graft authorities provided no additional details regarding the specific allegations or the nature of the violations being examined.
According to state media reporting, Ouyang began his professional career and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1986. He spent a substantial portion of his early career working at the People’s Bank of China before moving into other positions within China’s financial and administrative sectors.
Ouyang held the post of vice-governor of Guangdong, the economic region situated near Hong Kong, before being appointed to lead the China Development Bank. He took on the role of president and deputy party secretary of the institution in 2019 and remained in that position until stepping down in 2023. The China Development Bank, established in 1994, functions as a state-owned development finance institution with direct oversight from the State Council and focuses on supporting key industries and less developed sectors of China’s economy.
The investigation represents part of China’s broader anti-corruption efforts that have intensified under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. The campaign has resulted in scrutiny of numerous government officials and military leaders across various levels of the administration. Observers have noted that such initiatives have sometimes coincided with shifts in political influence and the removal of figures perceived as political rivals to leadership.