Overview
- The National People’s Congress Standing Committee revoked 19 deputies’ credentials a week before the annual meetings, including nine officers from the People’s Liberation Army.
- No reasons were given for the removals, which state media typically link to suspected “serious discipline and law violations.”
- Named officers span multiple services: Ground Force commander Li Qiaoming, Information Support Force political commissar Li Wei, former Navy chief Shen Jinlong, and officers tied to the CMC, the air force, and the rocket force.
- The announcement follows January actions that removed Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the Central Military Commission, leaving only Xi Jinping and discipline chief Zhang Shengmin in the top military body, according to recent analyses.
- Independent tracking by CSIS counts 101 generals and lieutenant generals removed or missing since 2022, while the Standing Committee also dismissed other regional deputies and ousted the military court president and Emergency Management Minister Wang Xiangxi.