China’s Top Legislature Kicks Off Annual Meetings Down by Two Dozen

Two dozen of the roughly 3,000 delegates who were elected to China’s top legislature last March have had their membership revoked over the past year, with some of the terminations announced before the start of annual political gatherings known as the “Two Sessions.”

The 24 people who have left the legislature include ousted foreign minister Qin Gang, 10 former senior military officials — half of whom were involved with the country’s rocket force, as well as a number of disgraced local government officials and several company executives, data compiled by Caixin showed.