Tian is the latest among a handful of senior officials arrested under corruption charges since Xi Jinping began his anti-graft campaign. From the South China Morning Post: Tian Xueren, formerly a vice governor of the northeastern province of Jilin, was convicted of taking bribes worth more than 19 million yuan (HK$24 million), the First Intermediate Court of Beijing said in a statement posted on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter. "As a person holding public office, Tian… sought unlawful gains for others and accepted money and gifts illegally from others taking advantage of his power and status," said the statement. "His acts are equal to the crime of bribery," it said. Tian helped people and companies to secure bank loans, contracts and promotions in exchange for the bribes between 1995 and 2011, it added, while he held various public offices including chairman of the government-linked Bank of Jilin and the executive vice governor of the province.