Guangdong province is to launch a pilot project requiring all Party and government officials to report their assets, in the latest move to curb corruption.

In recent weeks, investigations into possible disciplinary violations by a number of high-ranking officials in the southern province have begun.

Huang Xianyao, secretary of the Guangdong Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, said: "The province is now selecting designated districts and counties to introduce the pilot project."