Xie Yangdang, the deputy mayor of Changning, a county-level city in Hengyang, Hunan province, is under investigation for discipline violations, according to the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Xie, who born in 1965, began his career as secretary of the Party Committee of Dabao village of Changning, Baifang town and Yintian town in October 1983. Xie has been the deputy mayor of Changning since December 2007.