2026-11-06
Twelve local and ministerial-level officials have been appointed as deputy chairpersons of special committees of the National People's Congress.
2026-11-06
12 provincial party secretaries and governors were reassigned to serve as deputy chairmen of special committees of the National People's Congress on the same day, having been relieved of their original posts on the eve of local party congresses.
2026-11-06
An announcement from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on November 6 shows that four major generals—Zhang Gong, Guo Jianjun, Wu Yuhong, and Meng Qingbin—have resigned from their positions as NPC deputies, and their qualifications have been terminated. Their resignations were accepted by the election committees of the Central Military Commission's National Defense Mobilization Department, the Navy, and the People's Armed Police, respectively. The authorities have not disclosed the reasons.
2026-11-04
On November 4, the closing meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held, and former Armed Police Commander Wang Ning was stripped of his committee membership.
2026-11-04
Xinhua News Agency of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the decision of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee to remove former People's Armed Police Commander Wang Ning from his positions as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and to revoke his membership.
2026-08
At the end of August 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress made a decision to dismiss Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their posts.
2026-10-23
The Politburo meeting reviewed the comprehensive report on the seventh round of inspections of the 20th CCP Central Committee, decided to remove Shen Xiaoming from the post of Hunan Provincial Party Secretary and Wang Ning from the post of Yunnan Provincial Party Secretary, and parachuted in Mo Gaoyi as Yunnan Provincial Party Secretary and Wang Zhijin as Hunan Provincial Party Secretary.
2026-10-22
Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee Zhao Leji presided over the meeting of the Council of Chairpersons, placing relevant appointment and removal motions on the agenda for the NPC Standing Committee session from November 2 to 6.
2026-10-21
Xinhua News Agency announced personnel appointments: Wang Jinjian, former secretary of the Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee in Jiangsu, has been transferred across provinces to serve as a member and standing member of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, seen as Li Qiang laying groundwork in advance at the local level.
2026-09-23
According to the source material, Liu Ning of Henan and Liang Yanshun of Anhui stepped down as provincial Party secretaries on September 23, with the announcement citing age as the reason.
2026-09-22
Xinhua News Agency reported that Hu Changsheng has been appointed Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Wu Xiaojun has been transferred to serve as Party Secretary of Gansu Province, and Luo Dongchuan has taken over as Party Secretary of Qinghai Province. Within two days, top leaders of six provinces have been intensively appointed to key positions, indicating that professional technocrats who are not absolute confidants of Xi Jinping are taking on major responsibilities in crucial local roles.
2026-09-22
A Xinhua News Agency dispatch said Wang Junzheng no longer serves as Secretary of the Tibet Party Committee, without stating where he has gone; the material said there were messages from the Hong Kong side indicating that he left his post for age reasons.
2026-09-14
Organization department heads in Jiangsu, Fujian, Shanxi and other places have been adjusted in rapid succession, and most of the new officials have backgrounds in the Hu-Wen and Li Keqiang factions.
2026-09-12
An official announcement on September 12 stated that Hu Lijie, formerly a member of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and head of its Organization Department, has been transferred across provinces to become a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and head of its Organization Department.
2026-09
Wang Junzheng and Liang Yanshun were stripped of their top local leadership posts within two days in a high-level personnel reshuffle led by Wen Jiabao.
2026-09
Xi Tingsong recently took office as a standing committee member and head of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Hongkou District Party Committee. Because his surname is Xi and his given name is Tingsong, netizens have speculated and joked about his relationship with Xi Jinping. Publicly available information shows that he was born in June 1971, is of the Naxi ethnic group, is a native of Lijiang, Yunnan, and holds a master's degree in law.
2026-08-28
On August 28, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued an announcement declaring the removal of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their respective positions.
2026-08-28
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress removed Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their posts on the Central Military Commission of the State, and their qualifications as deputies to the National People's Congress were subsequently terminated.
2026-08-28
A session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress announced the removal of Zhang Youxia as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the state and Liu Zhenli as a member of the Central Military Commission of the state, and terminated the two people's qualifications as deputies to the National People's Congress.
2026-08-25
The meeting heard the National Commission of Supervision's submission for deliberation of the draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law, the Ministry of Finance reported on government debt management, and deliberation began on personnel appointment and removal bills.
2026-08-18
The name of Zhao Xiaozhe, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Navy vice admiral and former director of the Science and Technology Commission of the Central Military Commission, has been erased from the list of academicians, and related biographical records have been scrubbed across the internet.
2026-08-05
Through an analysis of footage from official events, the South China Morning Post found that about 20 key positions across the entire military are being presided over by lieutenant generals, and the senior leadership of the Central Military Commission faces a major personnel reshuffle.
2026-07-03
The CCP Central Military Commission held a ceremony to promote generals, with Zhang Shuguang and Wang Gang officially promoted to the rank of general.
2026-07-03
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.
2026-07-03
Zhang Shuguang and Wang Gang were both promoted to general at the promotion ceremony.
2026-07
The video points out that the new Air Force commander Wang Gang was a subordinate of Zheng Qunliang, a senior general whom Hu Jintao promoted back in the day, and that he belongs to Hu's faction.
2026-07
Zhou Liwei has been transferred from Shandong to Sichuan, where he will serve as head of the Organization Department of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee.
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.
2026-06-26
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.
2026-06-26
On June 26, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced that six military deputies had been removed from office, including Xu Xueqiang, Li Fengbiao, Guo Puxiao, Wang Kangping, Yin Hongxing, and Zhang Minghua.
2026-06-23
The NPC Standing Committee is holding a meeting from June 23 to 26, which is expected to review and approve reports on the termination of individual representative qualifications involving senior military officers and officials.
2026-06-11
Hu Fan, a former subordinate of Li Keqiang, has been transferred to Guangdong as the head of the Provincial Party Organization Department, hollowing out the personnel authority of Guangdong Provincial Party Secretary Huang Kunming.
2026-05-23
Gong Qihuang has been relieved of his duties as president of Peking University. The official announcement made no mention of any new appointment, and he will be succeeded by Gao Song.
2026-01-14
Official media reports on January 14, 2026 showed that Tang Fangyu has succeeded Jiang Jinquan as director of the Central Policy Research Office; Jiang Jinquan is currently deputy director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress.
2025-12-22
The Chinese military promoted two generals in December 2025.
2025-12
From late 2025 to early 2026, Xi Jinping promoted several generals in the Central Military Commission: Zhang Shengmin as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, Zhang Shuguang as secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Wang Gang as commander of the Air Force, Yang Zhibin as commander of the Eastern Theater Command, and Han Shengyan as commander of the Central Theater Command, all promoted to full general.
2025-10-23
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee was held from October 20 to 23, 2025. When it concluded, it was decided to add Zhang Shengmin as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
2025-09-30
On September 30, 2025, the CCP Central Committee announced a personnel adjustment: Liu Jianchao no longer serves as Minister of the International Department of the CCP Central Committee, and is succeeded by Liu Haixing.
2025-03
In March 2025, the head of the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee was swapped. The program noted that the department responsible for cadre appointments has changed its leadership.
2025-03
According to the video, the commander of the Beijing Garrison Command was transferred out in March 2025, after which the post remained vacant for nearly ten months.
2024-07
In July 2024, Han Song was transferred from China Huadian Corporation Xinjiang Power Generation Co., Ltd. to serve as Deputy General Manager of China Resources Group.
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.
2021-09
Dong Jun promoted to the rank of General.
2021-07
Qin Gang was promoted from spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and protocol official to Chinese Ambassador to the United States.
2020-12
Wang Ning has stepped down from his post as Commander of the People's Armed Police due to age, and subsequently serves as Vice Chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress.
2019-03-04
On March 4, 2019, Wang Xiangming was appointed as the General Manager of China Resources Group; at the time, he was serving as the General Manager of China State Construction Engineering Corporation.
2017
Ye Jianchun was promoted to Vice Minister of Water Resources in 2017.
2014-12
Wang Ning transferred from Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Commander of the People's Armed Police.
2013
Wang Ning was formerly Deputy Chief of the General Staff; after Xi Jinping took office in 2013, he promoted him to the position of Commander of the People's Armed Police.