Overview
- The four-episode state-produced documentary aired its first installment on Jan. 11 as the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection opened its three-day annual meeting.
- CCDI messaging in the program stresses cutting the “chain of interests” that turns rule-breaking such as illicit banquets and patronage into large-scale graft.
- Former agriculture minister Tang Renjian is featured acknowledging wrongdoing after receiving a suspended death sentence for taking more than 268 million yuan in bribes, with lifelong loss of political rights and full asset confiscation.
- The series also cites cases used as cautionary lessons, including an official’s death after an illegal banquet in Henan and embezzlement exploiting pension fund vulnerabilities.
- Official tallies for 2025 highlight continued pressure across the system, with dozens of senior cadres investigated, hundreds of thousands of lower-level officials disciplined, and the Sky Net operation repatriating fugitives and recovering billions of yuan.