Chinese Energy Official’s Downfall Hints at Corruption in Energy Sector

Chinese Energy Official’s Downfall Hints at Corruption in Energy Sector
A newly built Chinese state-owned coal-fired power plant in Liuzhi County, Guizhou Province, on Feb. 7, 2017.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Annie Wu
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The latest official to be taken down by the Chinese regime’s anti-corruption campaign sheds light on the widespread graft within China’s energy sector.

On Jan. 23, the Chinese Communist Party’s corruption-fighting agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), announced that Wang Xiaolin, the deputy chief of the National Energy Administration (NEA), was being investigated for “violating discipline.”

Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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