Former Moutai Chairman Charged With Bribery, Money Laundering as Graft Probe Deepens
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Chinese prosecutors have charged former state-owned Kweichow Moutai Group Chairman Ding Xiongjun with bribery and money laundering, deepening a long-running corruption probe at China’s most valuable liquor maker.
The Supreme People’s Procuratorate said Friday that the Guizhou provincial supervisory commission had concluded its investigation into Ding and transferred the case to prosecutors. Ding is accused of using his positions to seek benefits for others, accepting “especially huge” sums in illegal payments, and concealing the source and nature of part of those illicit gains.
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- Chinese prosecutors charged ex-Kweichow Moutai Chairman Ding Xiongjun with bribery and money laundering after Guizhou investigation.
- Ding is third former chairman probed, after Yuan Renguo and Gao Weidong.
- Crackdown continues with leadership changes and March 2026 probe of CFO Jiang Yan.
- Kweichow Moutai Group
- Kweichow Moutai Group, China's top liquor maker, faces ongoing corruption probes. Former Chairman Ding Xiongjun charged with bribery and money laundering—the third ex-chairman investigated after Yuan Renguo and Gao Weidong. Leadership shifted from Zhang Deqin (2024-2025) to Chen Hua. Subsidiary CFO Jiang Yan probed in 2026.
- Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd.
- Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (600519.SH) is the flagship subsidiary of Moutai Group, producing and selling China's best-known baijiu. In March 2026, its deputy general manager and CFO, Jiang Yan, was detained and investigated for suspected severe violations by the Zunyi supervisory commission.
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