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China Strips Former Top Financial Regulator Li Yunze of Party Posts

Published: Oct. 30, 2026 1:42 p.m. GMT+8

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China’s Communist Party has confirmed an earlier decision to strip former top financial regulator Li Yunze of his party posts, months after he dropped out of public view.

The fifth plenary session of the party’s 20th Central Committee adopted a report by the party’s top anti-corruption body on Li’s “serious violations of (party) discipline and the law” — a euphemism for corruption — according to a communique issued Thursday.

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China’s Central Committee confirmed stripping former top financial regulator Li Yunze of party posts for “serious violations of discipline and law.”
Li was removed as head of the National Financial Regulatory Administration in April and as a national lawmaker in July.
This is the first official confirmation of the party-level punishment after months of speculation.

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