On June 3, 2014 (May 6, 2014 in the lunar calendar), Zhao Zhiyong, former member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, was investigated. On June 3, 2014, Zhao Zhiyong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Secretary-General, was investigated on suspicion of violating discipline. On June 3, 2014, he was removed from his posts as member of the Standing Committee and member of the CPC Jiangxi Provincial Committee. On July 16, 2014, he was expelled from the Party by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, his sub-provincial treatment was cancelled, and he was demoted to a clerk; his disciplinary income was confiscated.