China's National People's Congress Removes 13 Legislators, Including Military and Financial Officials
L'essentiel
- China's National People's Congress Standing Committee removed 13 legislators, including military commanders and former financial regulator Xiao Jie and ex-Xinjiang party chief Chen Quanguo.
- General Xu Xueqiang missed a key meeting, while Lt.
- Wang Kangping was passed over for promotion.
Résumé généré par IA
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 ex-Xinjiang 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 Communist Party’s Central Committee.
