On April 24, 2014 (March 25, 2014 in the lunar calendar), Mao Xiaobing, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of the Xining Municipal Party Committee, was investigated. On April 24, 2014, Mao Xiaobing, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of the Xining Municipal Party Committee, was investigated for serious violations of discipline and law. On July 31, 2014, the Supreme People's Procuratorate filed a case for investigation on suspicion of accepting bribes.