A senior anti-graft official has been appointed deputy head of the Discipline Inspection Commission in corruption-plagued Shanxi, the provincial government announced on Thursday.

Chi Yaoyun was previously head of the Third Inspection Bureau at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China. He has been appointed executive deputy secretary of Shanxi's provincial anti-graft department.

The move is seen as bolstering the leadership of the department as it seeks to clean up rampant corruption in the coal-rich province.