Ji Wenlin has became the latest high-profile official to be probed on suspicion of violations of discipline amid anti-graft efforts.
Ji Jianye, former mayor of Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, is being investigated by prosecutors, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Tong Mingqian, a senior political advisor in Central China's Hunan province, has been removed from his post for serious discipline and law violations in a major electoral fraud.
Two former ministerial-level officials were expelled from the Party and dismissed from their civil-service posts on Wednesday, the latest move in the country's anti-corruption efforts.
The Communist Party of China's discipline watchdog hands over eight senior officials to court with 23 others still under investigation.
The Communist Party of China has taken unprecedented measures to root out corruption since new leadership was elected in November 2012.
At least seven ministerial-level officials have been investigated by the top anti-corruption watchdog since last November.
Government shows determination to root out corruption, experts say
Authorities Shanghai said on Sunday they are investigating a local official after he was reported to own a large villa.
A senior security official is being investigated for corruption, the country's top anti-graft agency announced on Friday.
The Chinese government has questioned two more executives from China National Petroleum Company as part of a wider graft probe into the energy giant.
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