On the third day of the Fifth Plenary Session, veteran military leaders submitted a joint proposal at the Jingxi Hotel, warning of the border situation and demanding that Li Zuocheng act as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Wang Gang and Zhang Shuguang were promoted and awarded ranks on July 3. The video claims Wang Gang has an air force background, while Zhang Shuguang belongs to Zhang Youxia's faction.
He Weidong, the military brother-in-arms and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) close to the leader, has been arrested, and elite generals of the 31st Group Army in Fujian have been purged in batches.
Zhang Shengmin was promoted to Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission in October 2025, subsequently entered the Politburo in 2026, and attended the all-army lecture report meeting.
After Zhang Youxia was promoted to Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, by convention he no longer enters the list of Central Military Commission members at the Ministry of National Defense's August 1 banquet held in ordinary years.
At the Fourth Plenary Session of the 15th CCP Central Committee held in September 1999, Hu Jintao was added as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CCP Central Committee.