China removes 6 generals from legislature as military anti-corruption drive continues

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China removes 6 generals from legislature as military anti-corruption drive continues

Apart from the senior commanders, the former Xinjiang party chief and a senior financial regulator were also stripped of their status

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The PLA commanders were among the 13 legislators who were removed. Photo: Reuters

Phoebe Zhangin ShenzhenPublished: 1:47pm, 27 Jun 2026Updated: 3:14pm, 27 Jun 2026China has removed six senior PLA officers from the country’s top legislative body, a sign that President Xi Jinping’s military anti-corruption campaign is not slowing down.

According to a late-night notice issued by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee on Friday, 13 members of the legislature had been removed and one had resigned.

Away from the military, those removed included a former top financial regulator and the former Xinjiang Communist Party chief.

There had already been indications that some of the dismissed People’s Liberation Army commanders were under investigation.

General Xu Xueqiang, from the Central Military Commission’s Equipment Development Department, missed a major party meeting in October.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Wang Kangping, from the Eastern Theatre Command, did attend the meeting but was passed over for promotion to full membership of the party’s Central Committee.

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