The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) has announced that veteran shipbuilding executive Sun Bo is under "disciplinary review and monitoring investigation" for alleged "suspected serious violations of laws and regulations".

Sun Bo, 56, trained as an engineer at Dalian Institute of Technology and spent his career with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corp (DSIC) and related entities until being promoted in 2009 to a management role in CSIC, the northern group of major government owned state shipyards.