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 Ji Wenlin was a one-time ally of Zhou Yongkang, the country's
once-powerful domestic security boss, who was felled by President Xi
Jinping's anti-corruption campaign.
Xi has warned that rampant corruption threatens the survival of the
ruling Communist Party and has waged a campaign against graft in the
past three years that has swept up scores of senior officials in the
party, the government, the military and state-owned companies.
Investigators began looking into Ji's activities as early as 2014,
Xinhua said, adding that he used his position to seek benefits,
including investments for several companies, illegally obtaining
20.4 million yuan ($3.2 million) in assets and bribes.
 Ji's official biography says he worked under Zhou when the latter
was the party boss of the southwestern Sichuan province and the
public security minister, among other posts. Zhou was jailed for
life last June.
Several key Zhou allies have been ensnared in the anti-graft
campaign, including Jiang Jiemin, the former top regulator of
state-owned assets.
In another report, Xinhua said the trial of a former senior official
who had vigorously backed Xi's anti-graft campaign had begun.
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Wang Min, the one-time Communist Party boss of Jinan city, about 300
km (185 miles) south of the capital, Beijing, is suspected of
procuring property and other favors for companies, and of taking
bribes.
(Reporting by Megha Rajagopalan; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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