Former CCP Politburo member Ma Xingrui was indicted for accepting bribes and may have served 25 years

The investigation into the suspected bribery case of Ma Xingrui, a former member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has been concluded, and a public prosecution has been launched by the People's Procuratorate of Yichang, Hubei Province. Judging from the indictment, Ma Xingrui may have accepted bribes for up to 25 years, covering the aerospace field involving the military industry and while in power in Guangdong.

The People's Daily reported today that the Supreme People's Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Ma Xingrui on suspicion of accepting bribes and designated the Yichang City People's Procuratorate in Hubei Province to review and prosecute.

The prosecution charged: Ma Xingrui took advantage of his position as a member, deputy general manager, party secretary, and general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, governor, and member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, as well as the conveniences created by his powers or status to seek benefits for others and illegally accept property from others in extremely large amounts. He should be held criminally responsible for bribery according to law.

Lu media Caixin pointed out that Ma Xingrui was appointed as a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy General Manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in September 1999. On April 3, 2026, he was dismissed as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and deputy leader of the Central Rural Work Leading Group. This means that the period of time he was accused of accepting bribes is about 25 years.

The 67-year-old Ma Xingrui was once a promising political star. He became a local leader from an aerospace professional. In 2013, he served as deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. He later served as secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee and governor of Guangdong. In 2021, he became secretary of the Xinjiang Party Committee and resigned in 2025. At that time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to "make another appointment" for him. However, it was not until 2026 when officials announced that he was under investigation and that his position as deputy leader of the Central Rural Work Leading Group became known to the outside world.

On July 14 this year, Ma Xingrui was expelled from the party and public office (double dismissal).

After Ma Xingrui was dismissed, the outside world believed that he might be involved in military-industrial corruption and family-style corruption. Dai Beifang, deputy secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, and Guo Yonghang, secretary-general of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee when he was in charge of Shenzhen, have also been investigated one after another in the past year.