Wang Yongchun, who used to be a top executive with China’s biggest oil company and PetroChina parent, appeared in court in Xiangyang, central Hubei province on Monday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Xinhua said the trial involves charges of "holding a huge amount of property with unidentified sources" and "abuse of power by a staff member of a state-owned company".
Wang, who was charged in March, was put under investigation in August 2013 before being removed from his post the same month and later expelled from the ruling Communist Party in June last year.
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