China Promotes Military Graft Buster to Top Leadership Post
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China has promoted its top military anti-corruption chief, General Zhang Shengmin, to be a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the country’s highest military body. The decision was made at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Communist Party’s 20th Central Committee, which concluded in Beijing on Oct. 23.
The plenum also confirmed the expulsion from the party of 14 senior officials for “severe violations of discipline and law,” including former CMC Vice Chairmen He Weidong and Miao Hua, according to a communique released by the Xinhua News Agency. The announcement has formalized one of the most significant shakeup of the country’s military leadership in recent history.
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- General Zhang Shengmin was promoted to vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, highlighting continued anti-corruption efforts.
- Fourteen senior officials, including former CMC vice chairmen He Weidong and Miao Hua, were expelled for “severe violations of discipline and law.”
- Eleven alternate members were elevated to full Central Committee members to fill vacancies, including Wei Tao, the youngest current full member.
- April 1970：
- Wei Tao was born.
- 2017：
- Zhang Shengmin appointed head of the CMC’s Discipline Inspection Commission and promoted to general.
- October 2022：
- Zhang Fengzhong was elected an alternate member of the Central Committee.
- September 2025：
- Tang Renjian, former minister of agriculture, was sentenced to a suspended death sentence for bribery.
- October 17, 2025：
- Expulsion of He Weidong, Miao Hua, and seven other generals was announced.
- October 23, 2025：
- The Fourth Plenary Session of the Communist Party’s 20th Central Committee concluded in Beijing, promoting General Zhang Shengmin to vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and confirming the expulsion of 14 senior officials.
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