d two former ministerial-level officials, namely Qiu Xiaohua, former head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and Zheng Xiaoyu MBT Shoes, former director of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) Supra Footwear.They may face other punishment and criminal penalties.CPPCC member Qiu, already sacked from his administrative post and expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC), was suspected to be involved in a social security fund fraud in Shanghai, which led to the downfall of the city's Party chief Chen Liangyu last year Supra Shoes.The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said Qiu had taken bribes from enterprise owners, led a dissolute life and committed the crime of bigamy when he served as a leader of the NBS.Zheng, also CPPCC member, allegedly abused the drug administration's approval authority by taking bribes and turned a blind eye to malpractice by relatives and subordinate officials.Premier Wen Jiabao in January this year ordered a thorough investigation into the corruption allegations against Zheng.During the past four years, at least 24 NPC deputies were expelled from the national parliament for graft and other law and discipline breaches, including former deputy commander of the navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Wang Shouye and provincial chief procurators and top judges of Jiangxi, Heilongjiang and Hunan provinces.Eye-catching names on the dismissed CPPCC members list over the past four years included former vice governors of Sichuan and Henan provinces Li Dachang and Lu Debin, and former chairwoman of the CPPCC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Han Guizhi, who was given death penalty with a two-year reprieve.They were expelled for taking briberies and other discipline breaches.The fact that so many NPC deputies and CPPCC members have been stripped of their memberships for graft demonstrated China's intensive efforts in fighting corruption and building clean parliamentary and advisory bodies, experts said.An online poll launched in the run-up to the NPC and CPPCC National Committee sessions Related articles:

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