2026-07-06
Henan Provincial Party Secretary Liu Ning led a Henan Party and government delegation to Xinjiang. Public agenda items included counterpart support for Xinjiang and industrial cooperation, and a meeting with Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo.
2026-09-18
He Lifeng led economic, trade, and technical bureaucrats at the JPMorgan Chase headquarters building in New York to hold round-the-clock talks with US officials for days, negotiating the deadline for rare earth deliveries and terms for soybean procurement quotas.
2026-09-21
The Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee held a meeting, officially determining that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29, and submitted the decision on exercising full and strict governance over the Party for deliberation.
2026-09-13
At 9:00 PM on September 13, 2026, after arriving back in China from India, Xi Jinping was suspected of suffering a sudden stroke or other serious complications and was carried off the plane, sparking widespread speculation and concern regarding his actual health status.
2026-09-12
On September 12, the central government approved the appointment of Li Qiang as a member of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee. On the same day, the former Dalian Municipal Party Secretary, Xiong Maoping, stepped down from his positions as Deputy Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, member of the Provincial Standing Committee, and Secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee. Li Qiang previously served as the Mayor of Dalian.
2026-09-11
On September 11, Wang Huning, Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee of the CCP, met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola in Beijing. Wang Dongfeng, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, who usually accompanies Wang Huning in meetings with foreign guests, was not present, while Hu Chunhua sat on Wang Huning's right and made a public appearance. Related reports also stated that after months of internal maneuvering, the CCP reached a consensus no later than June to adhere to the collective leadership system, and that Xi Jinping may have made compromises due to health reasons or an inability to suppress opposition forces.
2026-07-21
Jiang Wangzheng released news claiming that Li Qiang might succeed to power at the 21st National Congress and, after taking office, push for the disclosure of officials' assets in 2027 or 2028.
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.
2026-07-14
Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Party and public office, and transferred to the procuratorial organs.
2026-07-11
Reportedly since July 11, the PLA Daily has stopped using the seven characters 'Chairman Responsibility System' and has begun publishing articles criticizing military training and formalism.
2026-07-10
The Central Committee held a special meeting on rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on the grassroots. Cai Qi attended and arranged for 'tackling the issue of new officials ignoring old debts and focusing on the rectification of prominent problems'.
2026-07-08
Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Secretary Xin Changxing went to Taizhou for research on July 8, and the trip was interpreted as sending a political signal to the ancestral hometown of Hu Jintao’s family.
2026-07-03
China sent He Wei, Chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, to mourn Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei rather than a high-level delegation, reflecting Beijing's strategic adjustment in international relations.
2026-07-03
Wang Yi held a phone call with US Secretary of State Rubio, marking signs of a thaw in China-US relations.
2026-07-03
The Ministry of Commerce announced that China and the US have agreed in principle to lower tariffs on some agricultural products, indicating a easing of economic and trade relations between the two countries.
2026-07-03
China and Europe have finalized plans to hold their second regular economic and trade meeting this autumn, indicating that China-Europe relations are also moving toward normalization.
2026-07-03
Wang Yi will visit four Nordic countries this week to further promote diplomatic relations with Europe.
2026-07-02
Xinhua News Agency released a report on "Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building." This move has been interpreted as a sign that Xi Jinping's political status has retreated to the second line, and his ideology has been given a definitive conclusion.
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.
2026-07-01
The former head of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been replaced and succeeded by Minister of Civil Affairs Lu Zhiyuan. This move is interpreted as a pre-emptive effort by the Senate elders and reformists to control the trade union system in order to prevent grassroots turmoil.
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
The central authorities dispatched Hu Fan to the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Organization Department to take over the work of the organization department.
2026-06-30
The head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) has been changed from Zhang Yuzhuo to Cheng Fubo. Zhang Yuzhuo was considered a protégé of Chen Xi (Xi Jinping's college roommate), and this replacement is seen as Xi Jinping losing control over state-owned enterprise assets.
2026-06-26
A meeting of the NPC Standing Committee removed multiple senior officials from their posts in one fell swoop. Most of these high-ranking officials were Xi Jinping's loyal protégés, indicating that the power of the NPC no longer belongs to Xi.
2026-06-24
When the Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping inspected Xiyujia Village, Lingcheng District, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, security at the scene was extremely tight. Villagers were required to raise their hands above their heads to applaud and were not allowed to carry mobile phones.
2026-06-18
Lan Haiping, General Manager of Guizhou Energy Group, has fallen and is under investigation, involving multiple large photovoltaic projects and tens of billions of yuan in capital flows.
2026-06-16
The special seminar for senior cadres of the entire military held by the National Defense University has concluded. Zhang Shengmin, secretary of the Military Commission Discipline Inspection Commission, attended the closing, while Xi Jinping did not attend.
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.
2026-06-05
On the afternoon of June 5, 2026, a welcoming ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping appeared under medical support, his gait showing signs of unilateral hemiplegia.
2026-04-08
Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the National Defense University seminar and delivered a speech. Hundreds of senior generals underwent 70 days of rectifying training and investigation at the National Defense University.
2026-04-03
Former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui was officially announced to be under investigation, and authorities announced his specific charges over 3 months later.
2026-04-01
NPC Vice Chairperson Li Hongzhong's high-profile inspection of the transition work has been interpreted as an announcement to the entire party that the succession process has begun and power is no longer in Xi Jinping's hands.
2026-04-01
Leaks claim that on the very day the transition deployment meeting was held, Hu Chunhua took office as the head of the group liquidating Xi's faction, marking the launch of the succession liquidation procedure.
2026-04
According to sources within the Great Firewall, Hu Chunhua was appointed in early April as the head of Xi Jinping's group's provisional liquidation team, responsible for reviewing old projects and vetting cadre materials.
2026-03-17
Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong was taken away by the CCDI to assist in an investigation after returning from Vietnam.
2026-03
Wen Jiabao made an appearance in Beijing at the end of March, and related reports subsequently linked it to the settlement arrangements of Xi Jinping's old system.
2026-01-20
According to sources outside the Great Firewall, Zhang Youxia, the first vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Liu Zhenli, the Chief of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, were both in trouble and arrested on January 20.
2026-01-20
Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the CCP Central Military Commission, and Liu Zhenli, member of the Central Military Commission, were involved in an incident at the Central Party School. Subsequently, the Ministry of National Defense officially announced their investigation on January 24, and on January 25, the front page of the PLA Daily convicted them of "severely trampling on the Chairman of the Central Military Commission responsibility system."
2025-08
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CCP Central Committee, has been taken away to assist in an investigation. He is considered the person within the Party who best understands the layout of the overseas assets of the power elite.
2025-07-26
In Sydney, a 23-year-old Chinese woman named Yang Lanlan crashed her Rolls-Royce into a Mercedes driver. The source of her immense wealth and her family background are unknown, and she is seen as a living specimen of the descendants of the powerful and wealthy living overseas.
2025-05
During the China-US negotiations, the US side submitted a list of approximately $20 trillion in assets held by the families of CCP officials in the West. The list did not include the names of Hu Jintao, Li Keqiang, Hu Chunhua, or Zhang Youxia, while the families of Zeng Qinghong, Jia Qinglin, and Zhang Dejiang accounted for the bulk of the assets.
2023-08-30
On the afternoon of August 30, 2023, Li Keqiang, who had been retired for half a year, made a public appearance at the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu. This was his first public appearance after a long period of no public activities, and also his last public footage. The highest-ranking official accompanying him was identified as the Party Secretary of the Dunhuang Academy. Citizens at the scene spontaneously gathered around and shouted "Hello, Premier" to Li Keqiang.
2022-10-22
At the closing ceremony of the 20th CCP National Congress, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was escorted out of the venue by staff, and subsequently, Hu Chunhua was not included in the new Politburo list.
2022-10
At the closing ceremony of a major CCP meeting, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was escorted out of the venue by security guards in full view of the public, marking the complete bankruptcy of political norms such as inter-generational succession designation.