Ban Yue Tan, a publication under Xinhua News Agency, published an article acknowledging that news of officials being brought down is resold layer by layer within the system, forming a hidden black-and-gray industrial chain.
Bian, former Chief Engineer of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and Deputy Director of the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, who was responsible for major launch missions including aerospace and the Chang'e lunar exploration project, was arrested recently.
In October 2025, the Fourth Plenary Session expelled nine generals from the Party, eight of them full generals.
Originally, the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress had 62 members, of which 38 lost their qualifications, resulting in the number of members falling below half, making it impossible to hold normal meetings and perform duties.
Ling Jihua, former director of the CCP Central Committee General Office, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court, while his younger brother Ling Wancheng had previously fled to the United States with confidential materials.
The CCP Central Committee reported that Zhou Yongkang leaked Party and state secrets, committed adultery with multiple women, and engaged in power-for-sex and money-for-sex transactions.