Corruption, anti-corruption, and the official political ecology.
He Xiong, former Deputy Secretary-General of the Henan Provincial Government, was stripped of his status as a deputy to the National People's Congress on the spot and transferred to judicial authorities.
On November 6, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Yu Yanhong, former Party Secretary and Director of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law. She has turned herself in and is currently under investigation. Her predecessor, Yu Wenming, was sentenced to 15 years in prison this August for accepting bribes totaling over 63.44 million yuan.
A netizen submission states that Taiyuan University of Technology organized faculty and students to participate in the voting for NPC deputies.
According to a report by The Beijing News on November 5, Lu Dengdi, a cadre in Fanjiazhuang Township, Quyang County, Hebei Province, stabbed a villager who was trying to mediate a dispute and then went into hiding for about 15 years. During this period, he illegally received over 1.4 million yuan in wages and was promoted to a second-level chief staff member in 2019.
On November 4, multiple locations in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, burned straw simultaneously, causing large amounts of smoke to drift into residents' homes. The contributor claimed the burning was organized by the local government. Several students from Qitaihe No. 9 Middle School and No. 9 Primary School were taken to the hospital by ambulances; the cause has not been verified. On the same day, the local government issued a notice stating that it was orderly promoting the burning of straw at forest edges.
On November 2, the Shanghai University of Engineering Science issued a notice stating that to facilitate the district-level People's Congress representative election on November 16, classes at the Songjiang and Changning campuses will be suspended that morning. Teachers and students are to be organized to participate in the election, and it is required that affected courses make up for the missed progress, with no reduction in syllabus content allowed.
On October 30, the Associated Press cited analyses from multiple scholars, stating that stricter disciplinary constraints may make officials more cautious and unwilling to take initiative, or even lead them to demonstrate obedience through meetings and training without taking any actual action.
After two years of anti-corruption protests, Serbian students launched a list of non-partisan social figures to participate in the general election, winning over half the votes and defeating President Vucic's party.
Numerous officials in Changchun have begun facing investigations over suspected corruption, including an official named Zuguo.
The Haibowan Branch and Wuda Branch of the Wuhai Public Security Bureau in Inner Mongolia carried out “distant-water fishing” against a Beijing entrepreneur — recovering assets before filing a case — involving 9.9 million yuan. The person involved has奔波 six years and won lawsuits repeatedly, yet the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau has kept the money and still has not returned it.
On October 24, a netizen from Jiangsu posted to expose that when promoting flu vaccination locally, assessment targets were issued to grassroots villages, requiring each village to mobilize at least 30 people for vaccination. Those mobilizing fewer than 8 people with a vaccination rate below the average would be fined 800 yuan, and fewer than 15 people would result in a 500 yuan fine; the top three would receive cash rewards. Grassroots workers said they were disheartened.
On October 24, a Hunan netizen captured grassroots officials and volunteers wearing red vests and using shovels to fill potholes on a village road with asphalt. Red flags and personnel taking photos and recording video were present at the scene, with a caption thanking the Communist Party, sparking mockery among netizens.
On the day the news of Xia Linmao's investigation was announced, Beijing Party Secretary Yin Li presided over a meeting of the Municipal Party Standing Committee, expressing support for the decision of the CCP Central Committee and demanding the resolute elimination of "two-faced people."
According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, Wang Wenling, former member of the Party leadership group and deputy chairperson of the National Council for Social Security Fund, has been expelled from the Party and removed from public office for serious violations of discipline and law. Wang Wenling is accused of losing his ideals and beliefs, abandoning his original aspiration and mission, being disloyal and dishonest to the Party, obstructing organizational reviews, as well as improperly accepting gifts and cash gifts, using his position to seek benefits for others in project contracting, job promotions and other matters, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.
According to X user @__Inty__, when responding to questions about whether Trump's business interests influence presidential decisions and whether there is corruption in the White House, US Vice President JD Vance stated clearly that he has never seen any evidence of corruption by Trump or by this administration, rejecting the related allegations.