China’s food system has recently been the target of the regime’s anti-corruption campaign. Nearly 40 officials have been investigated and sacked in recent months, and the issue of food security has once again attracted attention. Analysts believe that targeting corruption in the food system has highlighted the serious problem of food shortages in China.
On Feb. 21, the Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued a notice saying that Wang Qingnian, deputy director and second-level inspector of the province’s Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, was “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law” and was under disciplinary review and investigation. Wang is the latest official in the food system to be taken down.
