Just twenty days before the graduation ceremony, at what should have been the opening ceremony, Chen Xi still delivered a speech in his capacity as president, only to step down subsequently without any official handover announcement.
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.
At a delicate political moment, State Council Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing traveled to Xining, Qinghai to inspect salt lake enterprises and talked extensively about disaster prevention and reduction, which was seen by the outside world as being marginalized.
On September 23, Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi Jinping had left Beijing by special plane for a state visit to the United States. His entourage included Peng Liyuan, Cai Qi, and Wang Yi, among others.
On September 17, Bloomberg reported that when screening the list of business delegates accompanying Xi Jinping on his visit to the US, the Chinese side not only considered potential commercial deals, but also focused on evaluating the entrepreneurs' political loyalty and demanded that they avoid overshadowing the leader. Currently, senior officials such as Cai Qi are reviewing the list, with BYD founder Wang Chuanfu under consideration.
Dai Yulin, former Deputy Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Liaoning Provincial CPPCC, was announced by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on September 17, 2026, to be undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation, three years after his retirement. During his early tenure in Dalian, he was promoted by Bo Xilai, and subsequently served in the Liaoning officialdom for a long time, becoming entangled in relevant political purge trajectories.
Based on Xi Jinping's public itinerary in India, abnormal body movements while boarding and deplaning stairs, and his failure to make public appearances upon returning to Beijing, blogger Hu Liren speculates that he may have suffered a sudden ischemic stroke (mini-stroke), pointing out that his failure to appear publicly within the seven-day danger period has turned rumors about his health into reality.
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.
Dam breaches and collapses occurred at the Liulan Reservoir and Yunbiao Reservoir in Hengzhou, Nanning, Guangxi. Downstream villages were washed away, and authorities subsequently issued a situation report and launched rescue operations.
A collision between an ammonium nitrate transport vehicle and another vehicle occurred on the Dongwu to Mandu section of National Highway 331 in Inner Mongolia, resulting in 2 deaths and 4 injuries.
Affected by continuous heavy rainfall, a flood disaster occurred in Lingshan County, Qinzhou City, Guangxi. Multiple local roads were submerged by floods, and some areas experienced severe waterlogging.
In the men's singles third round of the U.S. Smash attended by the Chinese table tennis team, all Chinese players failed to advance to the top 8.
A captain of Air China discovered a reactionary slogan on a cockpit control lever, and at the same time flyers listing ten crimes of Xi Jinping appeared in front of the Air China Beijing base.