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[GOODTREE]

China unveils regulations on Party organization elections within armed forces​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2026-01-25 21:46:30

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Central Military Commission has issued a set of regulations on the election work of the Communist Party of China (CPC) organizations within the military, which will take effect on Feb. 1, 2026, said a statement released on Sunday.

Drawing on experience from Party election practices in the military since the 18th CPC National Congress, the regulations standardize the election of delegates and Party organizations at various levels of the armed forces, according to the statement.

The regulations are expected to improve the system of intra-Party election in the military, strengthen the implementation of the Party's democratic centralism, and enhance the leadership, organizational capacity and performance of Party organizations, the statement said.

They are also of great significance in strengthening the Party's leadership and Party building within the armed forces, and in providing a strong organizational guarantee for advancing efforts toward the centenary goals of the People's Liberation Army, it added.

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[latenlazy]

China unveils regulations on Party organization elections within armed forces​

Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2026-01-25 21:46:30

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Central Military Commission has issued a set of regulations on the election work of the Communist Party of China (CPC) organizations within the military, which will take effect on Feb. 1, 2026, said a statement released on Sunday.

Drawing on experience from Party election practices in the military since the 18th CPC National Congress, the regulations standardize the election of delegates and Party organizations at various levels of the armed forces, according to the statement.

The regulations are expected to improve the system of intra-Party election in the military, strengthen the implementation of the Party's democratic centralism, and enhance the leadership, organizational capacity and performance of Party organizations, the statement said.

They are also of great significance in strengthening the Party's leadership and Party building within the armed forces, and in providing a strong organizational guarantee for advancing efforts toward the centenary goals of the People's Liberation Army, it added.

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The galaxy brain answer for why Xi Jinping promoted these generals is that he put them up just to decapitate them to prove a point and set an example that people can remember. But this is just galaxy brain speculation (aka don’t take it seriously)

 

[sunnymaxi]

I think current Defense Minister Dong Jun should be promoted to vice chairman of the CMC. He was former commander of the Navy. Former vice chairman Xu Qiliang who was commander of the Air Force did a good job during his time as vice chairman of CMC. Get more people from the Navy and Air Force in the CMC.

he could be the suitable candidate for any CMC position not necessarily as vice chairman. he is also the first defense minister from navy.

 

[PandaAI]

I am not sure wsj is still consider credible but they are reporting Zhang leaked nuclear secrets to the US

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This reporter Lingling writes some of the biggest lies in economic reporting of China. So I’m not trusting this story either. I don’t trust any of her reporting. Wouldn’t be surprised if she was connected to Falun Gong as she reports exactly like one.

 

[Nautilus]

This reporter Lingling writes some of the biggest lies in economic reporting of China. So I’m not trusting this story either. I don’t trust any of her reporting. Wouldn’t be surprised if she was connected to Falun Gong as she reports exactly like one.

Do you have some references for why she is unreliable?

 

[latenlazy]

This reporter Lingling writes some of the biggest lies in economic reporting of China. So I’m not trusting this story either. I don’t trust any of her reporting. Wouldn’t be surprised if she was connected to Falun Gong as she reports exactly like one.

I’m actually 50/50 on where she’s connected to MSS

 

[GOODTREE]

I conducted a retrospective search and found this news article dated January 16th, which appear to exist only in Chinese versions:
One reports on Zhang Shengmin's attendance at the Expanded Meeting of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission.

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[siegecrossbow]

Is this an unprecedented level of power concentration within the CMC not seen since Mao? Regardless I don't see how a TW situation can happen any time soon with the top of military command being purged like this.

Recently there was an article in the official PLA publication that they are not going to leave a certain unresolved territorial issue to the next generation, so no.

One of the analysis I read states that if AR occurred under Zhang Youxia’s watch it makes it difficult to prosecute him due to the prestige attached.

 

[abenomics12345]

Ma Xingrui, the former head of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, another major rocket force supplier, was removed as the secretary of Xinjiang less than four years after appointment and hasn't been seen in public since.

There is also very good chance that he is implicated with Vanke's case when he was Shenzhen's Party Secretary, considering that was the infamous Baoneng-Vanke fiasco went down.

I don't think one should call it a soft landing if there was no reasonable basis to think there was anything happening to begin with...

At this point, given the implosion of high level generals involved in procurement corruption, I have every reason to suspect that there was some sort of procurement shenanigans going on in every program, especially considering how big the J-20 is as % of the capital program.

One question to ask yourself is whether the likelihood that there was some sort of procurement improprieties in the J-20 program is above 0%.

It can be both true that he designed a kickass 5G fighter that will dominate the skies, and wanted some extra gravy on top. (This, by the way, is completely 'normal' in the grand scheme of arms procurement everywhere else in the world). But whatever it is, its been papered over (either that it was a nothingburger to begin with, like something as stupid as him accepting 2 bottles of Moutai one time in 2009; or that it wasn't worth the negative headline for morale to have him investigated).

Either way, unceremonious/sudden removal of senior/important officials is more often than not associated with some sort of issues. However, how their case is dealt with has various shades of grey - In the case of Qin Gang, he simply 'resigned' and was demoted to be some low level bureaucrat after the fiasco (still referred to as 'comrade'). Or in the case of Ma Xingrui, he's simply no longer showing up to meetings but still is officially a 'Politburo member'. Or in the case of Zhang Youxia, the timeline was within days of him missing a meeting.

Keep in mind, the anti-corruption investigators have the incentive to dig out everything (they likely have monetary bonuses for all improprieties found) to move up the ranks - so it is entirely normal for them to make a mountain out of a molehill even if it didn't matter.

 

[Blitzo]

At this point, given the implosion of high level generals involved in procurement corruption, I have every reason to suspect that there was some sort of procurement shenanigans going on in every program, especially considering how big the J-20 is as % of the capital program.

One question to ask yourself is whether the likelihood that there was some sort of procurement improprieties in the J-20 program is above 0%.

It can be both true that he designed a kickass 5G fighter that will dominate the skies, and wanted some extra gravy on top. (This, by the way, is completely 'normal' in the grand scheme of arms procurement everywhere else in the world). But whatever it is, its been papered over (either that it was a nothingburger to begin with, like something as stupid as him accepting 2 bottles of Moutai one time in 2009; or that it wasn't worth the negative headline for morale to have him investigated).

Either way, unceremonious/sudden removal of senior/important officials is more often than not associated with some sort of issues. However, how their case is dealt with has various shades of grey - In the case of Qin Gang, he simply 'resigned' and was demoted to be some low level bureaucrat after the fiasco (still referred to as 'comrade'). Or in the case of Ma Xingrui, he's simply no longer showing up to meetings but still is officially a 'Politburo member'. Or in the case of Zhang Youxia, the timeline was within days of him missing a meeting.

Keep in mind, the anti-corruption investigators have the incentive to dig out everything (they likely have monetary bonuses for all improprieties found) to move up the ranks - so it is entirely normal for them to make a mountain out of a molehill even if it didn't matter.

As you have written, there is no defense contract or project in the world which has a procurement impropriety of 0%, in the PRC, US or otherwise.
However, that doesn't mean that suddenly the entire military, defense ministry, or MIC, has open season for freewheeling speculation, which for the purposes of PRC defense watching, means we also have to deal with random rumours from all manner of questionable (and often some less than good faith) sources.


Going back to my previous reply, the phrase "soft landing" implies that there was actually some level of impropriety of significance that had occurred, where that the outcome was one that was not particularly severe or damaging.
I am saying that I am not aware of any credible indication of it occurring for Yang Wei specifically.

Stylized word for impotent despondency is in high demand these days…

The wise thing to do is to not acknowledge said impotent despondency; I believe that's called being a sore winner...