Major Shake-Up in China's Central Committee Amid Anti-Corruption Campaign
China's Communist Party Central Committee has undergone its largest personnel change since 2017, with 11 members replaced. The action is linked to an anti-corruption purge involving military officials. Veteran General Zhang Shengmin has been promoted, replacing He Weidong, who was expelled due to corruption charges.
In an unprecedented political shake-up, China's ruling Communist Party has revamped its elite Central Committee, replacing 11 members amid ongoing anti-corruption efforts, according to Xinhua reports on Thursday. This marks the most significant personnel turnover at a single meeting since 2017's Seventh Plenum.
The announcement coincided with the conclusion of a key closed-door meeting in Beijing, known as the Fourth Plenum, where China's forthcoming five-year economic development plan was also under discussion. Among the changes, veteran Chinese General Zhang Shengmin ascended to the second-ranked vice chair of the influential Central Military Commission (CMC), succeeding former vice chair He Weidong, who was removed from the Communist Party on corruption charges.
He Weidong, once considered a close ally of President Xi Jinping, is the first sitting general on the CMC to be removed since the Cultural Revolution. These changes highlight the intensification of Xi's sweeping anti-corruption campaign that has seen the removal of three CMC members since 2023.
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