On October 29, 2024, the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Sun Zhigang to death for accepting more than 813 million yuan in bribes, with a two-year reprieve and life imprisonment.
The Taiwan Affairs Office announced that it has listed Shen Bo and Robert Tsao as so-called stubborn Taiwan independence separatists, and imposed sanctions on the Kuma Academy, affecting related family members, organizations, and corporate partners.
Wu Bangguo, former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, passed away in Beijing, China, on October 8, 2024, at the age of 84.
On October 8, 2024, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced the investigation of Qi Tongsheng, former chairman of the Ningxia CPPCC; on December 16, 2025, he was sentenced to a suspended death penalty in the first-instance trial for taking 111 million yuan in bribes.