Zhu Hong, director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, is suspected of serious disciplinary and legal violations, the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said on its website on Saturday.

He voluntarily surrendered himself and is currently undergoing disciplinary inspection and a supervision investigation by the provincial disciplinary watchdog.

Born in September 1966, Zhu holds a master's degree and started working in September 1982. He joined the Communist Party of China in March 1986.

He has held positions as a member of the Party Committee and deputy dean of the Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, director of the Guangdong Medical Academic Exchange Center, Party secretary of the Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, and Party secretary and director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission.