
Zhang Xin replaces Zhang Jun as CBA president following disciplinary investigations into senior officials.
China's Badminton Association has appointed Zhang Xin as its new president, replacing Zhang Jun, who faces investigations for serious disciplinary and legal violations.
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Former CBA president Zhang Jun was accused of serious violations of discipline and law in April.
China’s new badminton chief has vowed to crack down on corruption and “purge industry chaos” after being appointed to replace two-time Olympic gold medallist Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun, the former president of the Chinese Badminton Association (CBA), has not been seen for months after being accused in April of “serious violations of discipline and law”.
On Tuesday, the CBA said Zhang Xin – an official from China’s General Administration of Sport – would be the new president.
The governing body would, Zhang Xin said, “resolutely carry the fight against corruption through to the end, [and] draw lessons from these cases”.
He also said the CBA would “simultaneously advance the goal of ensuring officials do not dare, are not able, and have no desire to be corrupt”.
Last week, CBA vice-chairman Xia Xuanze and former vice-chairman and secretary-general Wang Wei were placed under investigation on the same day.

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