SHANGHAI: A director of China’s first free trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai has been put under investigation for “severe disciplinary violations,” Communist Party authorities said Tuesday, using a phrase which typically refers to corruption.

In a statement on its website, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection—the ruling party’s corruption watchdog—gave no further details of the case involving Ai Baojun, 55, who is also a vice mayor of the Chinese commercial hub.

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