2026-11-04
Authorities announced on November 4 that Wang Ning is in trouble; the specific details of the handling were not stated in the materials.
2026-11-02
On November 2, Guo Yonghang, who served as the top aide to Ma Xingrui in Guangdong, was expelled from the Party and public office and transferred to judicial authorities, involving the Ma family's capital chain and urban renewal projects in Shenzhen.
2026-10-22
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.
2026-10-22
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.
2026-10-22
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."
2026-10-19
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.
2026-10-14
Former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan is under investigation. Huang Qifan once worked alongside Bo Xilai and Sun Zhengcai, and later moved into economic circles to become a prominent figure.
2026-10-13
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission officially announced that Huang Qifan, the 74-year-old former mayor of Chongqing, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under investigation.
2026-10-13
Huang Qifan, who served as mayor of Chongqing and was known as an economic adviser, was officially announced on October 13 to be under investigation and taken down, drawing outside attention to the Chinese Communist Party's continued purge of old factions at the top.
2026-10-12
The Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Wang Shourui, former standing committee member of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and former secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, is suspected of serious disciplinary and legal violations. He voluntarily reported his problems to the organization and is undergoing review and investigation.
2026-10-11
Starting October 11 US Eastern Time, messages circulating on multiple X accounts claimed that former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan had been taken away for investigation by the CCDI, drawing attention and heated discussion from the outside world.
2026-10-08
Zhang Shuofu, formerly Beijing's Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary, was announced under investigation on October 8. He had once been Cai Qi's key assistant in Beijing for carrying out arrests.
2026-10
Former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan was arrested. Hu Liren pointed out that this was not due to corruption or factional alignment, but the starting point of a large-scale arrest campaign launched by Xi Jinping to purge old retainers, falsify history, and clear obstacles to succession.
2026-09-30
Yi Huiman, former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party's Securities Regulatory Commission, was officially transferred to prosecutors and indicted on September 30 on suspicion of accepting bribes and sex-for-power transactions.
2026-01
In the first half of 2026, 36 centrally-managed officials fell from power, including Politburo member Ma Xingrui and 7 officials at the ministerial level.
2026-09-15
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.
2026-09
Wu Jian, former chairman of Southwest Securities, and Xie Wenhui, a relevant person in charge at Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank, were successively placed under investigation, and several key figures in Chongqing's financial circle have been brought down.
2026-08-20
On August 20, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection officially announced that Yang Xinsheng, deputy mayor of Heze City in Shandong, is under investigation and scrutiny; some commentators believe he belongs to Peng Liyuan's Shandong faction.
2026-08-14
Cheng Xiaobo, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee and executive vice governor of Gansu Province, was announced under investigation on August 14.
2026-08-07
Wu Chunyu, deputy Party secretary, director and general manager of Genertec Qiqihar No.2 Machine Tool, voluntarily turned himself in; the case is being investigated by the Huludao City Supervisory Commission in Liaoning.
2026-08
Fujian Province has recently seen a political earthquake, with Nanping Mayor Lin Jian and Quanzhou Party Secretary Zhang Yigong falling one after another within days; after Wei Xiaokui of the Wen Jiabao faction took over as secretary of the Fujian Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, incidents have occurred frequently locally.
2026-08
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Xu Yiding, former deputy governor of the Agricultural Development Bank of China, has been expelled from the Party and removed from office, and handed over to prosecutorial authorities, on suspicion of trading power for money in areas such as credit approval and personnel recruitment.
2026-08
Wei Xiaodong, former chairman of the Beijing Municipal CPPCC Committee, is alleged to have confessed to investigators; his case subsequently implicated Xue Kan, Party secretary of Shanghai's Yangpu District, who was placed under investigation.
2026-07-25
On July 25, the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that 36 centrally-managed cadres had fallen in the first half of 2026, and 50 provincially-managed cadres were placed under investigation, nearing last year's full-year record of 65.
2026-07-19
The former deputy secretary of the Party committee and former president of the China Development Bank, Ouyang Weimin, is under investigation for serious disciplinary and legal violations. The case is believed to involve senior party figures, prompting external interpretations of Caixin's related reports and attention to former associates of Wang Qishan.
2026-07-19
A Caixin report reveals the money-making network of the fallen former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui: facilitated by associates Ma Xingquan and Ma Shaofu, operated by white glove Wang Zhanjiang, using the state-owned enterprise credentials of Hu Donghai and CITIC Real Estate to acquire land, and then cashing out through Evergrande and Vanke.
2026-07-17
Wang Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, has been announced to be under investigation.
2026-07-17
On July 17, 2026, Wang Qiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Head of the United Front Work Department, voluntarily surrendered.
2026-07-17
In July 2026, Party media Banyuetan disclosed that Duan, a public servant at a government organ in Guiyang, ran 9 WeChat official accounts, using information advantages within the system to predict officials' downfalls before official announcements and drive traffic to charge group-joining fees, sparking discussion on regulatory systems.
2026-07-16
The State Council appointed and removed Tan Quan from the position of Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Public Security. Two days later, Tan Quan appeared in Chongqing.
2026-07-12
Reports from outside China suggest that Liu Guozhou, director of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, was suspended and taken into control around July 12. There has been no official announcement to confirm these circumstances.
2026-07-09
The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Liu Nanyue and Guo Qi, former directors and deputy general managers of China Mobile Beijing Company, were placed under investigation on the same day.
2026-07-03
Quan Shunji, president of the China Asian Economic Development Association under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is under investigation, which is seen as the first step by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to launch peripheral investigations into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system.
2026-07-02
Following the July 1 Party Founding Day, the CCDI's arrest machinery resumed its normal speed, processing five units in a single day—including large state-owned enterprises, water conservancy construction worker organizations, government think tanks, and local people's congresses—demonstrating that the arrest operations are proceeding as planned.
2026-07
Ma Xingrui was transferred for prosecution, and his confidant and Guangzhou Municipal Party Secretary Guo Yonghang was subsequently investigated.
2026-07
Fang Xinghai, former vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), was placed under investigation in July 2026, becoming another senior official to fall in the Chinese Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign in the financial sector.
2026-07-01
Du Ling, former vice chairperson of the Guangdong Federation of Trade Unions, is under investigation. This follows closely after the leadership reshuffle at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, indicating that the trade union system is being purged.
2026-07
Former Shanghai Stock Exchange Deputy General Manager Fang Xinghai and more than 100 related officials were taken down by the authorities over issues including insider trading.
2026-06-26
The NPC Standing Committee of the CCP issued an announcement declaring that the qualifications of 14 senior officials, including Politburo member Ma Xingrui, as deputies to the National People's Congress have been terminated, while Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were not among them.
2026-06-16
Jiang Hongwei, Deputy Secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, is under investigation.
2026-06-16
Huang Chunyi, Deputy District Mayor of Jinshan District, Shanghai, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and has been taken away for investigation by the Shanghai Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
2026-06-13
According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, Yu Xiaoping, former member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the People's Insurance Company of China, is suspected of severe violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
2026-06-11
On June 11, 2026, the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Lei Min of the Provincial Department of Emergency Management, Zhong Caifa of the Changsha Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, and Yang Hai of the Liuyang Municipal Emergency Management Bureau are under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
Location: Changsha, Hunan ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-06-10
Shanghai Vice Mayor Chen Yujian has fallen and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, and is accused of paving his upward path through Wei Xiaodong.
2026-06-10
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission issued an official report stating that Chen Yujian, member of the leading Party members group of the Shanghai municipal government and vice mayor of Shanghai, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the CCDI and the National Supervisory Commission. The Songjiang District, which he once governed, was the site of the Phicomm-Lianbi financial blow-up case.
2026-06-06
The website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision reported that Wei Xiaodong, Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
2026-06-06
On June 6, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Wei Xiaodong, chairman of the Beijing CPPCC, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under investigation; he had served as head of the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee since 2021.
2026-06-05
Following the removal of Xi'an Municipal Party Secretary Fang Hongwei by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Li Jun was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee on June 5.
2026-06-03
On June 3, 2026, the case of Wang Lixia, former chairwoman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region government, on suspicion of accepting bribes, was brought to court by the procuratorate of Daqing, Heilongjiang Province.
2026-06-02
On June 2, 2026, the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and local discipline inspection commissions announced on the same day that at least 10 senior officials, including Li Xiaohong, former director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work, were placed under review and investigation, involving inspection work, finance, and local politics.
2026-06
The purges within official circles of the Chinese Communist Party continue. Jiang Hongwei, Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Deputy Director of the Supervisory Commission of Heilongjiang Province, along with Cao Peng, Party Leadership Group Member of the Shenyang Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, have both fallen and are under investigation.
Location: Shenyang, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Verified ·
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2026-06
Eight centrally-managed officials were taken down in the single month of June 2026, deviating by three standard deviations from the normal level, indicating an abnormally intensified purge.
2026-06
Ran Hailing, former president of Bank of Chongqing who took part in financial reform and the disposal of non-performing assets during Huang Qifan's tenure, has been brought down.
2026-05-29
The Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial People's Congress issued an announcement removing Cai Chaohui from his posts as Vice Governor and Director of the Public Security Bureau due to a job reassignment.
2026-05-29
Liu Deming, Deputy Secretary of the Hebei Political and Legal Affairs Commission, has been arrested.
2026-05-26
Guo Bing, former executive vice president of Jiangxi Higher People's Court, has been arrested.
2026-05-06
On May 6, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Fei Gaoyun, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee and secretary of the Hefei Municipal Party Committee, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under investigation.
2026-03-27
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Guo Yonghang is under review investigation.
2026-03
In March this year, after flying back to Beijing from a meeting in Vietnam, Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong was directly taken away by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Deputy Secretary Liu Jinguo to assist in an investigation, and has since faded from substantive power meetings.
2026-03
Deputy Director of the State Financial Supervision Administration Zhou Liang falls; he worked with Wang Qishan for as long as 20 years.
2026-03
A Deputy Foreign Minister suddenly resigned and was taken down in March, with their whereabouts unknown, triggering outside speculation that they had committed a serious political mistake.
2026-03
Guo Yonghang, a former subordinate of Ma Xingrui during his time working in Shenzhen, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and accused of serious violations of discipline and law.
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-03
Guo Yonghang has been announced to be under investigation. He worked alongside Ma Xingrui for a long time before serving as the Party Secretary of Guangzhou.
2026-02-12
On February 12, 2026, Wang Lixia, former chairwoman of the government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was expelled from the Party and removed from public office for illegally interfering in judicial activities, illegally accepting huge amounts of property, and other violations.
2026-02-10
On February 10, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Yi Lianhong, formerly Party Secretary of Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces and currently deputy director of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under investigation.
2026-01-24
The video claims that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were arrested in January 2026, without providing a specific date or official confirmation.
2025-08-22
On August 22, 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Wang Lixia, Deputy Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and Chairperson of the regional government, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing review and investigation.
2025-07-06
A WeChat public account published a detailed resume of Zhou Xianwang, Vice Chairman of the Hubei Provincial Political Consultative Conference, on July 6, 2025. Two days later, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection officially announced Zhou Xianwang's downfall. This precise "timing" prediction is pointed to as being behind a lucrative business.
2025
The program cited government-released data claiming that in 2025, over one million officials were dealt with, while the actual number of people involved approached two million.
2024-09-28
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Cao Xingxin, former Vice General Manager of China Unicom who long served in the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee, was subjected to disciplinary review and investigation, and later sentenced to 12 years in prison.
2024-06-10
Shanghai Vice Mayor Chen Yujian, who was previously involved in the background of the Phicomm financial scandal, has been investigated and removed from office by the CCDI.
2023
From 2023 to 2024, Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian, and others were successively placed under investigation, and Foreign Minister Qin Gang was also dismissed in 2023.
2022-01
Former CCP Central Committee Inspection Team Deputy Leader Dong Hong sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.
2021-11-05
The Supreme People's Procuratorate has decided to arrest Sun Lijun on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law.
2020-04-19
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced that Sun Lijun, Vice Minister of Public Security who once oversaw Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan affairs as well as cross-border law enforcement, is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation for suspected severe violations of discipline and law.
2014-04-17
In April 2014, Song Lin, Chairman of China Resources Group, was brought down due to his involvement in the Shanxi coal asset acquisition case, which implicated the family interests of Ling Jihua.
2012-02-06
Wang Lijun, disguised, fled and broke into the US Consulate in Chengdu, marking the collapse of Bo Xilai's political empire.
2012
According to records of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) judiciary, Deputy Director Ma XXX of Biyang Industry and Information Bureau colluded with the local casting company head, fabricated a roster of absent workers, defrauded over 1.94 million yuan of closure small enterprise subsidy funds, and divided the loot according to the June Fourth ratio.
1999-04-20
On April 20, 1999, central leaders issued instructions to thoroughly investigate the Xiamen Yuanhua smuggling case, and the “April 20” special task force was established to probe the smuggling and corruption of Lai Changxing’s Yuanhua Group.
1995-04-27
With the suicide of Beijing Vice Mayor Wang Baosen and Chen Xitong's resignation taking responsibility, he was subsequently removed from office and sentenced to 16 years in prison for embezzlement and dereliction of duty.
1986-09-01
AFP published an exclusive wire service, making public for the first time the defection of the son of an old revolutionary and senior intelligence official to the United States, which led to the dismissal of Ling Yun, the first Minister of state security (MSS).