Wan Qingliang, former Party chief of Guangzhou, has been expelled from the Party and dismissed from public office for corruptionwhile he faces charges from prosecutors, according to a statement from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China on Thursday.

Also on Thursday, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced that it willinvestigate Wan for taking bribes, adding that the top procuratorate has taken "compulsory measures" against him.

Ren Xuefeng, 48, former deputy mayor of Tianjin municipality, has been appointed as Guangzhou's Party chief.