Anti-Corruption · Full chronicle and history

On October 30, the CCP Central Committee held a press conference for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee. Zhang Fuhai, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, disclosed that since the 18th National Congress in 2012, discipline inspection and supervision agencies nationwide have disciplined a total of 7.922 million people, including 963 centrally-managed officials, and stated that the anti-corruption situation remains severe and complex.

The Fifth Plenary Session of the CCP Central Committee concluded on October 29. The number of attendees was reduced, and the meeting confirmed the expulsion from the Party of 33 high-ranking officials, including Ma Xingrui, Zhang Youxia, Liu Zhenli, and Liu Jianchao.

The Plenary Session confirmed the expulsion of 24 Central Committee members and 8 alternate members from the Party, including former Minister of the International Department Liu Jianchao, former Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong, two former directors of the CMC General Office Zhong Shaojun and Fang Yongxiang, as well as senior executives of military-industrial enterprises such as Yu Jianfeng of CNNC and Yuan Jie of CASIC; Li Yunze was removed from his Party positions but retained his Party membership. The CCDI had not previously disclosed that these individuals were under investigation.

Xinhua News Agency released data claiming that in the first half of this year, discipline inspection and supervision organs nationwide filed a total of 538,000 cases, reflecting the large-scale investigation and punishment of officials against the backdrop of an intense anti-corruption campaign.

Xiao Jie, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, led a team to Nanchang, Jingdezhen and Yichun in Jiangxi to investigate government debt and audit work, and to verify materials on Jiangxi's debt black hole and mineral corruption.

The eighth round of inspections by the 20th CCP Central Committee has officially begun. 15 central inspection teams have been stationed at the Ministry of Education and 31 universities under central administration, including Peking University and Tsinghua University, to conduct inspections, receiving reports from the public until December 21.

On October 26, the second day of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the official website of the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that from January to September this year, discipline inspection and supervision organs nationwide filed a total of 800,000 cases, among which 73 were at provincial and ministerial level or above (90 in the same period last year), and 4,203 were at department and bureau level (3,704 in the same period last year). They received 3.506 million petitions and reports, an increase of 11.5% year on year.

Numerous officials in Changchun have begun facing investigations over suspected corruption, including an official named Zuguo.

The eighth round of inspections by the 20th CCP Central Committee has officially begun, with teams stationed at the Ministry of Education and 31 centrally administered universities including Peking University and Tsinghua University.

San'an Optoelectronics issued an announcement stating that it received notice from the family of actual controller Lin Xiucheng that Lin Xiucheng has been approved for arrest by the procuratorate on suspicion of embezzlement of office and misappropriation of funds.

The CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission officially issued a notice announcing that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor of Beijing, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing investigation.

The website of the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published an article on October 22, specifically discussing the issue of retired officials using their networks to seriously violate regulations and accumulate wealth.

On October 22, the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. Xia is an alternate member of the 20th CCP Central Committee, just 4 days before the scheduled opening of the Fifth Plenary Session.

The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published an article discussing the characterization analysis of retired party members and cadres illegally accepting property, sending the signal that even retirement cannot escape accountability.

On October 21, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Zu Guo, former Party secretary and director of the Changchun Housing Provident Fund Management Center, is under investigation and scrutiny.

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.

The Chinese Communist Party announced that officials linked to the Social Security Fund Council suspected of power-for-money transactions and embezzlement of public funds have been transferred for investigation.

Wu Hao, former secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, has been expelled from the Party and removed from office; the notice states that he seriously interfered with the core powers of investment approval, listing review, and enterprise qualification.

Hu Liren stated in his September 15, 2026 program that a vice minister of the CCP Organization Department told him that nearly two million officials were actually investigated and punished last year, while only 1.01 million were announced externally.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, together with the Ministry of Finance, announced on September 11 that of the 2.958 billion yuan in debt-resolution funds in Yinchuan, Ningxia, only 1.158 billion yuan was actually used to repay debt, while the remaining 1.8 billion yuan was used for corporate operations, yet all of it was recorded in the debt-resolution system.

A September 11 notice from the National Commission of Supervision and the Ministry of Finance mentioned that during the tenure of Wu Shenghua, former Party Secretary of Bijie, Guizhou, the outstanding debt balance rose instead of falling, with the 2024 debt resolution task completion rate at only 20%, ranking last in the entire province. He once said, "The debts were all incurred by my predecessors — why should I be the one to pay them back?"

On September 11, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Lei Siwei, former standing committee member of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and vice governor of Gansu, was expelled from the Party and removed from public office. He is the first provincial- and ministerial-level official to be placed under investigation since this year's Two Sessions.

On September 9, 2026, the CCP Central Committee made the decision to expel Sun Shaochang, former Party Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, from the Party; the next day, the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee publicly expressed firm support.

In 2016, Ling Jihua, former director of the CCP General Office, was sentenced to life imprisonment and is still serving his sentence.

In June 2008, Wang Yi, Vice President of the China Development Bank, who had been in a relationship with Liu Fangfei and paid off her mortgage, was taken away by a special investigation team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for 'shuanggui' (a form of detention for party members). He was later sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in 2010.

On October 28, 1977, over 100 Hong Kong police officers, dissatisfied with investigations by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, stormed its headquarters and injured personnel; Governor Murray MacLehose ultimately announced an amnesty for old cases of corruption that had not been investigated before January 1, 1977.

In February 1974, Governor of Hong Kong Murray MacLehose established the Independent Commission Against Corruption, directly responsible to the Governor, specifically to combat the severe corruption in the Hong Kong police force and society.