(XINHUA)

Li Chuncheng, Deputy Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is under investigation for alleged discipline violation, according to the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in early December.

Li, 56, is the first provincial- and ministerial-level official investigated after the 18th CPC National Congress held on November 8-14. He was elected as an alternate member of the 18th CPC Central Committee at the congress.