China expels Politburo member Ma Xingrui in Xi’s anti-corruption campaign
Xinhua said investigators found he abused power, arranged jobs and accepted gifts, but did not specify the amount involved.
- On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, the Communist Party expelled Xingrui, a former Politburo member, from the party and public service, marking the third sitting member purged since 2025.
- Investigators found Xingrui engaged in "family corruption," leveraging his influence to secure benefits, while authorities accused him of accepting gifts and violating "political discipline and rules."
- An aerospace expert, Xingrui previously led the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation before his placement under investigation in April for "serious violation of law and discipline."
- This removal escalates President Jinping's years-long anti-graft campaign; since 2022, at least 24 members of the Central Committee have faced expulsion or investigation.
- Analysts view the ongoing crackdown as a tool to enforce loyalty to Jinping, while Xingrui is one of three Politburo members purged this term alongside military generals.
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The Politburo of the Communist Party is about one member poorer: Ma Xingrui must go. The list of errors of the graduate engineer reads impressively.
Ma Xingrui, a former member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo who led China's "space rise," has been stripped of his party membership and public office and is now facing legal proceedings, three months after his downfall last April. As a technocrat from the aerospace sector who rose to the Politburo—China's highest leadership body—faces a dishonorable resignation due to corruption charges, analysts suggest that President Xi Jinping's high…
In China, Xi Jinping's anti-corruption purges continue and have claimed a new victim within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP): Ma Xingrui, one of the most prominent members of the Political Bureau, has been excluded.
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