From Reuters:
China’s top statistician was sacked after anti-corruption investigations implicated him in the Shanghai pension fund scandal, a spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics (ÂõΩÂÆ∂ÁªüËư±ÄÔºâsaid on Thursday.
Qiu Xiaohua ÔºàÈDZÊôìÂçéԺ■who announced a new “Happiness Index” this year to include living conditions, the environment and salary — was dismissed as chief of the statistics bureau this month for breaches of discipline, bureau spokesman Li XiaochaoÔºàÊùéÊôìË∂ÖÔºâ told a news conference.
“Relevant departments, when carrying out investigations into the Shanghai social security fund scandal, found out that Qiu was suspected of being involved in severe violations of party discipline, Li said. [Full Text]
Read CDT’s recent post: “Hedging, Innuendo, and Qiu Xiaohua.”
Related Chinese article: “Only Seven Months Qiu Xiaohua Got Sacked” from Dong Fang Morning Post, which says”something deserves to pay attention is that Qiu has always advocated high investment growth is not the main reason for China’s overheated economy, and he’s not in favor of investment radical attacks. ”
(Photo of Qiu Xiaohua)
