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1st Ld-Writethru: Former Chinese environmental protection vice minister under investigation

Xinhua, July 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Zhang Lijun, former vice minister of environmental protection, has been probed for serious violation of discipline and law, said the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China on Thursday.

Born in 1952, Zhang served as vice minister of environmental protection between 2008 and 2013. Endi