BEIJING, Feb. 17 -- Wang Min, a former senior official in Shandong Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office after a graft investigation.

Wang was a former Standing Committee member of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and party chief of Jinan City, capital of the east China province. He was also an alternate member of the CPC Central Committee.

The statement was announced Tuesday by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.