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The Supreme People's Procuratorate has formally initiated a public prosecution against Ma Xingrui for suspected duty-related crimes.

On November 5, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced that the case of Ma Xingrui, former member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and former Party Secretary of Xinjiang, suspected of bribery, has been filed for public prosecution by the Yichang Municipal People's Procuratorate in Hubei Province to the Yichang Intermediate People's Court. Prosecutors allege that he took advantage of his positions as a senior executive at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Party Secretary of Shenzhen, Governor of Guangdong, and member of the Political Bureau to illegally accept property, involving an exceptionally large amount.

On November 2, Guo Yonghang, who served as the top aide to Ma Xingrui in Guangdong, was expelled from the Party and public office and transferred to judicial authorities, involving the Ma family's capital chain and urban renewal projects in Shenzhen.

The Fifth Plenary Session of the CCP Central Committee concluded on October 29. The number of attendees was reduced, and the meeting confirmed the expulsion from the Party of 33 high-ranking officials, including Ma Xingrui, Zhang Youxia, Liu Zhenli, and Liu Jianchao.

In the first half of 2026, 36 centrally-managed officials fell from power, including Politburo member Ma Xingrui and 7 officials at the ministerial level.

According to the source material, the Politburo on September 21 expelled Ma Xingrui, Wang Lixia and 7 others — 8 Central Committee members in total — from the Party, including Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli; the related disciplinary actions are still pending ratification by the plenary session.

Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily reports that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee will address personnel issues, including the replacement of Central Committee members and the ratification of the expulsion of fallen high-ranking officials such as Ma Xingrui from the Party.

A Caixin report reveals the money-making network of the fallen former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui: facilitated by associates Ma Xingquan and Ma Shaofu, operated by white glove Wang Zhanjiang, using the state-owned enterprise credentials of Hu Donghai and CITIC Real Estate to acquire land, and then cashing out through Evergrande and Vanke.

Official announcement states that Ma Xingrui, a doctor of mechanics who previously governed Guangdong and Xinjiang and served as a member of the Political Bureau, has been expelled from the Party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law, and transferred to procuratorial organs for prosecution. His aerospace background has drawn widespread attention.

Official CCP reports on July 14 stated that former Xinjiang party secretary Ma Xingrui was expelled from the Communist Party and removed from public office for serious violations of discipline and law, involving allegations of condoning relatives in seeking massive benefits and family corruption.

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

On July 14, 2026, Ma Xingrui was expelled from the Party and public office, with official reports criticizing him for engaging in rampant family corruption.

On July 14, 2026, Xinhua News Agency reported: the CCP Central Committee decided to expel Ma Xingrui from the Party, to have the National Supervisory Commission remove him from public office, and to transfer the suspected criminal issues to the procuratorate for review and prosecution.

Ma Xingrui has been formally expelled from both the Party and public office. His problems fall mainly into four categories: relatives, staff around him, cadre appointments, and project contracting. The announcement noted that he did not truthfully explain his problems during the inquiry.

Ma Xingrui was officially announced to be "expelled from the Party and public office" (expelled from Party membership and dismissed from public office). The notification disclosed issues involving his relatives, close staff, cadre appointments, and engineering contracts, and pointed out that he did not truthfully explain issues during organizational inquiries.

Ma Xingrui was transferred for prosecution, and his confidant and Guangzhou Municipal Party Secretary Guo Yonghang was subsequently investigated.

Ma Xingrui was dealt with around July 2026, but the related measures and results have not yet been made public.

The NPC Standing Committee of the CCP issued an announcement declaring that the qualifications of 14 senior officials, including Politburo member Ma Xingrui, as deputies to the National People's Congress have been terminated, while Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were not among them.

On June 26, 2026, a notice from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced the termination of the qualifications of 14 National People's Congress deputies, including Politburo member Ma Xingrui.

Overseas reports allege that Peng Liyuan directed her close friend's husband, Ma Xingrui, to allocate 100 billion in black funds in Guangdong and Xinjiang, and, through an introduction by Mao Amin, helped the Zhongzhi Group siphon off trillions in hard-earned money from the public.

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

On April 3, 2026, officials officially announced that Ma Xingrui had fallen from power.

At the end of March 2026, Ma Xingrui was described by the program as a Politburo member taken to be a sacrificial flag, used to warn other officials.

On the evening of April 3, 2026, the Xinhua News Agency announced that Ma Xingrui, a member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and deputy head of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the CCDI and the National Supervisory Commission.

Guo Yonghang, a former subordinate of Ma Xingrui during his time working in Shenzhen, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and accused of serious violations of discipline and law.

At the Beijing Politburo meeting the day after the Hongfuyuan fire, CCDI Secretary Li Xi presented irrefutable evidence of Ma Xingrui's corruption, and he was placed under isolated investigation on the spot.

According to revelations from outside the Great Firewall, Li Xi kept Ma Xingrui behind at a top-level meeting, after which Ma Xingrui was placed under investigation.

According to accounts coming out of Beijing, Ma Xingrui was taken into custody around October 2025, after which he was dealt with and stripped of his Party membership and administrative posts.

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

The video mentions that in July of last year (estimated as July 2025), Ma Xingrui and his secretary lost contact, and the author immediately published the relevant information across the entire internet.

At the end of June 2025, the CCP Central Committee Political Bureau convened a meeting, at which it reviewed and adopted the Regulations on the Work of the Party Central Committee's Decision-Making and Deliberation Coordination Bodies; the meeting also removed Ma Xingrui from his post as Secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Regional Committee.

Zhang Jianhua, subordinate to Ma Xingrui at the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, has been investigated and expelled from the CCP for accepting gifts and money and seeking profits for relatives.

A representative from Kazakhstan met with Ma Xingrui in Xinjiang, proposing the use of the Irtysh River to build a waterway corridor connecting China, Kazakhstan, and Russia, and suggesting the construction of inland ports and other facilities.

Due to the enormous scale of the case against him, Ma Xingrui was expelled from the Party and public office by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in late June and handed over to judicial authorities.

After concluding his trip to South Africa, Xi Jinping made a temporary stop in Urumqi to hear work reports from the Xinjiang Party Committee and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, with Ma Xingrui present.

Beijing ZhanYing Information Technology Co., Ltd., chaired by Ma Xingrui's younger brother Ma Xingquan, has completed its deregistration procedures.

Ma Xingrui has replaced Chen Quanguo as the Party Secretary of Xinjiang. He previously served as the Party Secretary of Shenzhen and Governor of Guangdong Province.

Ma Xingrui replaced Chen Quanguo around the end of 2021 and went to Xinjiang to serve as Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region.

Ma Xingrui transferred to serve as Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Ma Xingrui met with Xu Jiayin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Evergrande Group, hoping that Evergrande would increase its investment in Shenzhen. Shenzhen expressed its support.

Ma Xingrui met with CITIC Group Chairman Chang Zhenming, CITIC Bank Chairman Li Qingping, and others to discuss issues such as Shenzhen's subway financing, fund custody, housing construction, and Qianhai development.

Ma Xingrui was transferred from Deputy Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of its Political and Legal Affairs Commission to become Shenzhen Municipal Party Secretary.