The Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) announced on August 28, 2015 that two top executives at the online news website of the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily, are being investigated on charges of bribery. Liao Hong, President of the news site people.com.cn and Chen Zhixia, Vice President, are being investigated. Liao Hong, 52, had been in high-ranking positions at the People's Daily website since 2004, and was last seen in public at a media financial conference in Shenzhen on Aug. 19.