Lu Ziyue， mayor of Ningbo City in east Chinas Zhejiang Province is being investigated on suspicion of serious violation of discipline， the Communist Party of China （CPC） Central Commission for Discipline Inspection （CCDI） announced.

Lu is also a deputy secretary of the CPC Ningbo Municipal Committee.

Lu Ziyue， born March 1962 is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in east Chinas Zhejiang province. As of March 2016 he was under investigation by the Communist Party of Chinas anti-corruption agency.

Previously he served as mayor and deputy party boss of Ningbo. He is the second provincial-ministerial rank official sacked for graft from Zhejiang province， after Si Xinliang.

Lu was born in Yongkang， a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jinhua， in Zhejiang province， in March 1962. He entered the workforce in November 1979， and joined the Communist Party of China in August 1982. He served in vari- ous administrative and political roles in Yongkang County before serving as mayor of Dongyang.

In October 2010， he was appointed deputy party boss and mayor of Yiwu， a manufacturing and trading hub for small commodities， and one years later promoted to the party boss position of Lanxi.

He was party boss of Linhai in July 2006， and held that office until April 2008. Then he served as deputy party boss of Lishui from April 2008 to January 2009， and Communist Party Secretary， the top political position in the city， from March 2011 to March 2013. He also served as vice-governor of Zhejiang between January 2013 to March 2013.

In May 2013， he was transferred to Ningbo and appointed deputy party boss and mayor， he remained in that position until March 2016， when he was placed under investigation on suspicion of“serious violation of Party discipline” by the ruling Communist Party of Chinas anti-corruption agency.endprint