The Mayor of northern China's Tianjin city, Huang Xingguo, is being investigated for alleged corruption activities, China's Communist Party said on Saturday. The 61-year-old Tianjin Mayor is the latest high-profile Chinese official to be investigated for graft.  

In a brief statement, the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said that Huang is suspected of "serious discipline breaches," Reuters reported. The commission did not provide any further information and is not clear whether Huang has hired a lawyer to fight the corruption charges.

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Huang has been the Mayor of Tianjin since 2008. The city was recently in the news after a massive chemical explosion left 170 people dead.  

Huang's fall from grace was not expected, as he is widely considered to be one of the most successful mayors in China. Last month, Huang's deputy, Yin Hailin, was also put under investigation for corruption.    

China's President Xi Jinping's nationwide anti-corruption drive has lead to the arrest of several top officials over past couple of months. Last year, China's Security Chief Zhou Yongkang became the most senior most to be convicted by a court, after he was found guilty of bribery.

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