Fifth Plenum of the Central Committee · Full chronicle and history

The joint issuance of a notice on making every effort to do a good job in flood and drought prevention by the CCP Central Committee Office and the State Council Office is seen as an unusual signal of military deployment and preparation.

The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Liu Nanyue and Guo Qi, former directors and deputy general managers of China Mobile Beijing Company, were placed under investigation on the same day.

ST Hailong announced that its actual controller, Hu Xingrong, has been subjected to coercive measures by competent authorities, having been out of contact for nine months prior.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a conference marking the 105th anniversary of its founding, where Xi Jinping delivered a significantly softened speech, backing down to the West and emphasizing unity and stability.

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.

Wei Xiaokui, an official promoted by Wen Jiabao, has been parachuted into Fujian to serve as the provincial discipline inspection secretary, responsible for retroactively investigating old cases involving the Fujian faction.

Following the removal of Xi'an Municipal Party Secretary Fang Hongwei by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Li Jun was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee on June 5.

Elderly officials of the Chinese Communist Party pushed for Guan Zhiou to bypass Xi Jinping and directly assume the post of Hubei Provincial Party Secretary, taking charge of financial funds related to the Three Gorges Project.

Shenzhen Municipal Party Secretary Meng Fanli has been replaced by Jin Lei, as the big boss's stronghold in Shenzhen undergoes a personnel reshuffle.

On July 1st, Peng Liyuan's loyalist Ma Xingrui was stripped of his position as Xinjiang Party Secretary.

Ahead of July 1st, CCP elders established a Central Committee decision-making and deliberation coordination agency, hollowing out the Politburo Standing Committee into a mere executive body.

In July 2024, Zhang Youxia and Liu Yuan seized military power into their own hands, after which Zhang Youxia drove Zhong Shaojun out of the Central Military Commission.

Dissatisfied with Peng Liyuan's interference in military evaluations, Zhang Youxia drove Zhong Shaojun, the eunuch overseer planted by the Big Boss, out of the Central Military Commission.