Zhang Huawei, a former vice-ministerial level inspector, is being investigated for suspected graft, the Communist Party of China's (CPC) disciplinary agency announced Monday.

Zhang, a former inspector of the central inspection teams, is being investigated for "suspected serious violations of the Party's code of conduct," according to the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) website.

Zhang had led the inspections of several institutions, including the General Administration of Sport of China and the China Huadian Corporation.

The announcement came as the CPC central authority is toughening its efforts to expose corruption among discipline inspectors themselves after more than four years of a renewed fight against corruption since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012.

Just ahead of a plenary session of the CCDI at the beginning of 2017, a three-episode documentary titled "To Forge Iron, One Must Be Strong" aired nationwide from Jan. 3 to 5 on China Central Television (CCTV).

The documentary, jointly produced by CCTV and the CCDI, interviews several guilty discipline inspectors and sheds light on enhanced discipline within China's anti-graft authorities.

Answering public concern about "who watches the watchers," the CCDI passed pilot work rules for discipline inspection organs at the plenary session, clarifying procedures for the handling of cases, including fact verification, case filing and hearing, and disposal of illegal gains.

More than 7,200 people from discipline inspection organs nationwide have been punished for discipline violations since the 18th CPC National Congress, figures from the CCDI show.

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