2025-10-17
On October 17, 2025, the Ministry of National Defense announced that it had opened cases for review and investigation against nine senior generals, including He Weidong, Miao Hua, and Wang Houbin, and imposed the punishment of expulsion from the Party and the military.
2023-07-31
On July 31, 2023, Xi Jinping conferred the rank of general on Rocket Force commander Wang Houbin and political commissar Xu Xisheng at the Bayi Building in Beijing, the first official public announcement of a new commander since reports that former Rocket Force commander Li Yuchao was under investigation.