Overview
- China’s NPC Standing Committee removed Wang Renhua, Zhang Hongbing, and Wang Peng from the national legislature as part of the military anti-corruption campaign.
- Wang led the CMC Political and Legal Affairs Committee, Zhang served as political commissar of the People’s Armed Police, and Wang Peng directed the CMC training department.
- All three remain full members of the Communist Party Central Committee, according to Hong Kong-based reporting.
- The committee also stripped former CMC vice chair He Weidong of his legislative seat and revoked He Hongjun’s, following their October expulsions from the party.
- Recent absences by senior officers, including air force leaders Chang Dingqiu and Guo Puxiao at a December 24 event with Xi Jinping, have prompted speculation about further disciplinary action.