Xu Facheng, former Party Group Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Anhui Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, has been expelled from both the Party and public office

According to a September 3 report from the Anhui Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, with approval from the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, the Anhui Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has filed and investigated the serious violations of discipline and law by Xu Facheng, a member of the 11th Anhui Provincial Party Committee and former Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Anhui Federation of Trade Unions. The notice shows that Xu Facheng was accused of losing his ideals and convictions, betraying his original aspiration and mission, and resisting organizational review; he also accepted banquets in violation of regulations, sought benefits for others in the promotion of cadres, illegally accepted gifts and money, obtained large returns through private lending, illegally held shares in nonlisted companies, and engaged in powerforsex transactions. The Anhui Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said that Xu Facheng seriously violated multiple Party disciplines and is suspected of the crime of bribery, and that even after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China he still did not restrain himself or stop. In accordance with relevant regulations, it was decided to expel him from the Party and from public office, terminate his status as a representative to the 11th Anhui Provincial Party Congress, confiscate his illicit gains from violations of discipline and law, and transfer the suspected criminal issues to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with the law.