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Numerous officials in Changchun have begun facing investigations over suspected corruption, including an official named Zuguo.

The Haibowan Branch and Wuda Branch of the Wuhai Public Security Bureau in Inner Mongolia carried out “distant-water fishing” against a Beijing entrepreneur — recovering assets before filing a case — involving 9.9 million yuan. The person involved has奔波 six years and won lawsuits repeatedly, yet the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau has kept the money and still has not returned it.

According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, Wang Wenling, former member of the Party leadership group and deputy chairperson of the National Council for Social Security Fund, has been expelled from the Party and removed from public office for serious violations of discipline and law. Wang Wenling is accused of losing his ideals and beliefs, abandoning his original aspiration and mission, being disloyal and dishonest to the Party, obstructing organizational reviews, as well as improperly accepting gifts and cash gifts, using his position to seek benefits for others in project contracting, job promotions and other matters, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.

According to X user @__Inty__, when responding to questions about whether Trump's business interests influence presidential decisions and whether there is corruption in the White House, US Vice President JD Vance stated clearly that he has never seen any evidence of corruption by Trump or by this administration, rejecting the related allegations.

Wu Hao, former secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, has been expelled from the Party and removed from office; the notice states that he seriously interfered with the core powers of investment approval, listing review, and enterprise qualification.

The Intermediate People's Court of Shangqiu City, Henan Province, sentenced Zhou Xianwang of Hubei to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes, finding that the total amount of bribes accepted amounted to more than 60.5 million yuan.

Retired judicial system official Jiang Yuewen told The Epoch Times that retaliatory arrests within the provincial bureaucratic system have long existed and are growing more frequent, with bribes of just over 100,000 yuan often described as more than 5 million yuan, inflating the amount involved more than tenfold in order to drive political rivals out of office.

On September 14, Chi Wen, a former police officer at the Huangyan Branch of the Taizhou Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang Province, filed a real-name report against his two brothers, Chi Guangxu and Chi Rixin, who are both public officials. He accused them of long-term illegal business operations and using their power to monopolize the packaging bag business in their jurisdiction, securing high profits of 30% to 40%. He also alleged that they bribed leaders in the industry and commerce department and received tip-offs when they were under investigation by the discipline inspection commission.

Bi Jingquan, former chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, was sentenced to 14 years in the first instance trial, found guilty of accepting bribes and having voluntarily confessed to most of the facts.

On September 11, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Lei Siwei, former standing committee member of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and vice governor of Gansu, was expelled from the Party and removed from public office. He is the first provincial- and ministerial-level official to be placed under investigation since this year's Two Sessions.

In a September 2026 program, Fox Man recalled that after he developed new energy and air conditioning patents in the 1990s, teachers from several top Chinese universities approached him, asking him to apply for funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission in the name of the patents, with the individual to receive half of the money once approved; he refused.

After Taizi Milk fell into a debt storm and was placed under government trusteeship in 2008, Wen Dibo, who was responsible for the trusteeship at the time, was later sentenced to 9 years in prison for related crimes.

On August 24, 2026, the Dandong Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province held a public first-instance sentencing in the bribery case of Ren Yuzhong, former standing committee member and vice president of Peking University, finding him guilty of taking more than 31.95 million yuan in bribes and sentencing him to eight years in prison plus a fine of 2.6 million yuan.

The Brisbane Magistrates Court announced that Zhu Guoxin, a Growatt executive who attempted to bribe Australian officials, has been handed over to the Australian immigration department for immediate deportation to China after receiving a suspended sentence, and is banned from business entry for life.

On August 4, 2026, the Handan Intermediate People's Court in Hebei announced that an audio recording of improper remarks circulating online was authentic. Guo Hongbo, director of the enforcement bureau of the Congtai District Court, was suspended and placed under a special investigation for soliciting bribes from a female party to the case and verbally harassing her.

Xin Bao'an, former Party Group Secretary and Chairman of the State Grid Corporation of China, is under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission.

Online reports claim that a relative of a Shanghai court president received 7 compensation apartments, worth more than 20 million yuan in total, after the demolition of an old 40-square-meter house in a town, which is said to reflect the collusion between officials and real estate developers, leaving ordinary people with no avenue to defend their rights.

Wang Maoliang, former Executive Deputy Minister of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department and former Party Secretary of Hubei Radio and Television Station, is under investigation by the Hubei Provincial Supervision Commission for suspected serious duty violations.

Xinhua News Agency reported that Huang Siming, former secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Helan Mountain Eastern Foothills Wine Industry Park in Ningxia, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the discipline inspection commission.

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.

Growatt Australian executive Guoxin Zhu hid A$20,000 in cash inside a tea box and offered it to a representative of the Clean Energy Council of Australia in an attempt to expedite product approval; the representative refused the bribe and reported it, leading to a joint investigation by Australian police.

A village Party secretary led more than 30 Party members and officials in a lavish feast to celebrate the Party's birthday, only to be caught on the spot by villagers.

Feng Gang, a bureau-level inspector in Jilin Province who long served as the director of the Jilin Provincial Prison Administration, is under investigation.

Lü Dengdi, a former official of Fanjiazhuang Township, Quyang County, Baoding, Hebei, escaped while under residential surveillance for a 2010 case involving the assault of a villager. During his 15 years on the run, he continued to receive his salary in violation of regulations and even received promotions. He was recaptured in 2025.

On November 15, 2024, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Tang Renjian, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, had been expelled from the Party and removed from public office, and that the case of suspected bribery had been transferred to the procuratorate; the announcement said he had improperly accepted gift money and sought benefits for others.

In August 2024, former Guizhou Provincial Party Secretary Sun Zhigang appeared in court for trial, accused of amassing vast wealth by helping others subscribe to shares, secure construction contracts and engage in real estate development, among other means, embezzling 813 million yuan. He said in court, "I have let the Party down and betrayed my original aspirations."

Prince Andrew has been officially arrested by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Zhou Jiugong, head of the Jiangning District Housing Bureau in Nanjing, was brought down and in 2009 was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

In 1973, the property under the name of Peter Godber, Chief Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force, exceeded HK$4.3 million. After the ordinance of the Independent Commission Against Corruption required him to explain the source of his wealth, he fled back to Britain, sparking anti-corruption protests among the Hong Kong public.