Former President of Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences Deng Guofu Expelled from the CCP and Under Investigation
On November 3, the Guangxi Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Deng Guofu, former Party Secretary and President of the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences and a hybrid rice expert, has been expelled from the CCP and is under investigation. He had been engaged in hybrid rice breeding for nearly 40 years, resigned as a member of the Guangxi CPPCC at the end of January this year, and was placed under investigation at the end of May.