Peng Liyuan · Full chronicle and history

The NPC Standing Committee is conducting an urgent first review of three draft laws: the Financial Law, the Government Procurement Law, and the Bidding and Tendering Law, with the core promotion of retroactive checks on major capital flows and a lifelong accountability mechanism.

Xi Jinping, top leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), visited Pyongyang, North Korea, from June 8 to 9, and was welcomed by Kim Jong Un at Kim Il Sung Square.

Following the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhu Changjie, the long-retired former head of the Xinjiang Public Security Department and vice president of the China Police Association, was taken away for investigation by the CCDI on suspicion of assisting Wang Xia洪 in building a power-money alliance and underground money laundering network.

In a report, the PLA Daily named the so-called "competition specialist" brigade from the 72nd Group Army—where He Weidong made his career—as having disappeared, and published a commentary severely criticizing deviations in political achievements and the bubble of new-quality combat capabilities.

The White House announced that Xi Jinping will visit the United States from September 23 to 25. During his visit, he will hold talks with Trump, attend a state banquet, and, accompanied by Trump on the 25th, tour the U.S. National Archives to view the original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Bian Zhigang, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and violations of the law, and has been officially announced to be under investigation.

At a regular press conference, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that two Japanese nationals have been detained by Chinese authorities in accordance with the law on suspicion of violating Chinese laws.

When the Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping inspected Xiyujia Village, Lingcheng District, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, security at the scene was extremely tight. Villagers were required to raise their hands above their heads to applaud and were not allowed to carry mobile phones.

Zhu Zisong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and former party chief of the Pudong New Area, was tried in another jurisdiction in Nanchang. He was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in the first instance, convicted of accepting bribes totaling 139 million yuan, with his criminal origins traced back to his tenure at the Eighth Academy of Aerospace in 2003.

The PLA Daily prominently featured photos of live-fire shooting training by a brigade of the 77th Group Army—a unit affiliated with Zhang Youxia's faction—on its front page, sending a strong signal regarding the political winds of military power.

The front page of the People's Daily featured the phrase 'settling old accounts shows real determination' in the upper right corner of a selection of diplomatic writings by the leader, releasing a political signal of a comprehensive liquidation of the old accounts and financial black holes of the paramount family.

Cai Qi was spotted on camera accompanying Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un on a walk in North Korea. This marks his final joint public appearance before his recent frequent absences from public events.

The CCP Central Committee Party School held the graduation ceremony for the second batch of classes of the spring semester. Official releases showed that Cai Qi has taken over the position of President of the Party School.

On the afternoon of June 5, 2026, a welcoming ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping appeared under medical support, his gait showing signs of unilateral hemiplegia.

Wang Xiaohong has not made a public appearance for days following his meeting with the Prosecutor General of Russia. The Central Inspection Group has moved into the Ministry of Public Security, and Wang is cooperating with the special investigation team led by Liu Jinguo of the CCDI.

Two Japanese employees working at the China branches of major Japanese heavy electrical machinery giants were caught red-handed at Dalian Customs, suspected of concealing dysprosium and terbium—heavy rare earths used in high-end military applications—inside large machinery to smuggle them out of the country.

Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the CCP Central Military Commission, and Liu Zhenli, member of the Central Military Commission, were involved in an incident at the Central Party School. Subsequently, the Ministry of National Defense officially announced their investigation on January 24, and on January 25, the front page of the PLA Daily convicted them of "severely trampling on the Chairman of the Central Military Commission responsibility system."

Under pressure from Zhang Youxia and CCP elders, Xi Jinping officially signed a power-transfer document at the Fourth Plenary Session, agreeing to step down in the Hua Guofeng model, marking the end of the Xi Jinping era.

Xu Qiliang reportedly committed suicide to atone for his sins after Hu Jintao made a political comeback, due to his alleged involvement in military reforms, the establishment of evaluation committees, and special security task forces.

He Weidong, the military brother-in-arms and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) close to the leader, has been arrested, and elite generals of the 31st Group Army in Fujian have been purged in batches.

Zhang Youxia launches a purge within the military, and Xi Jinping's loyalist Miao Hua is taken down.

During the closed-door meeting of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee, Xi Jinping's head shook violently and half of his body leaned over, causing him to collapse in front of the podium, suffering a stroke and falling into a temporary coma.

Former Premier Li Keqiang died suddenly at the Shanghai Dongjiao Guest House at the age of 68, sending shockwaves through the Zhongnanhai leadership and tearing away the veneer of warmth in elite power struggles.

President Trump invited Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan to a summit at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where First Lady Melania Trump took Peng Liyuan to visit the Bak Middle School of the Arts.

During Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House, US First Lady Michelle Obama accompanied Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan, to the Washington Zoo to name a four-week-old panda cub.

President Jimmy Carter hosted then-Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping and his wife Zhuo Lin. First Lady Rosalynn Carter meticulously prepared a bilingual Chinese-English calligraphy menu and a performance at the Kennedy Center.

During President Nixon's visit to China, First Lady Pat Nixon remarked to Zhou Enlai that pandas were adorable. Zhou immediately promised to gift two pandas, initiating US-China panda diplomacy.