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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.

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.

Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Party and public office, and transferred to the procuratorial organs.

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'.

Former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui was officially announced to be under investigation, and authorities announced his specific charges over 3 months later.

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.

Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong was taken away by the CCDI to assist in an investigation after returning from Vietnam.

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.

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.

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.

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.