Liu Fangren, former secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was tried in Beijing Tuesday on charges of taking bribery, sources from the Chinese Supreme People's Court told Xinhua.

Tuesday's trial was open to the public and Liu and his defending lawyer all appeared in court, noted the sources, adding that the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court would give its verdict "on a selected date".

Liu, 68, was the Party chief of southwestern Guizhou province from 1993 to 2001.