beijing a chinese court has awarded life imprisonment to the former head of the countrys national statistical bureau wang baoan on charges of corruption wang is also a former vice minister of finance has been charged with stealing 22 million over a period of two decades investigators had earlier accused him of using his official position to offer promotions and career growth opportunities in return for sexual favors he was also accused of trading political favors for money property and business concessionsbut it is not clear if the court in hebei province near beijing which tried the case took into account all the accusations the official xinhua news agency said that chinese courts resolved five cases of corruption by public officials involving 72 million late wednesday and wangs case is one of them prosecutors launched cases against 48 senior officials in 2016 as part of president xi jinpings anticorruption campaign which began in 2012