Huang Sheng.[File photo]

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has decided to remove Huang Sheng, vice governor of the eastern Shandong province, from leadership position, a spokesman for the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee confirmed on Thursday.

The spokesperson said Huang was suspected of "severe violation of discipline," and procedures to remove him are under way.

Online posts claimed Huang took bribes of US$9 billion, kept 46 mistresses and owned 46 properties.

However, central government did not confirm these allegations, saying investigations were ongoing.

Huang has undergone "double designation" - a special investigative procedure for Party officials, under which they are required to confess or explain wrongdoings at a designated time and place.

News of Huang's dismissal met approval from some web users. "He deserves to be put in jail," claimed one netizen.

Huang, a native of Weihai City in Shandong joined the Communist Party in 1975 and started his political career as a military cartographer.

He was promoted to government official in 1984, assigned as the mayor of Dezhou City in 1996 and elected as deputy governor in 2007, reported Xinhua.