China has eradicated “serious hidden dangers” in its Communist Party and military under President Xi Jinping’s leadership, a senior official said on Friday (October 30, 2026), a day after authorities confirmed the expulsion of a record 33 figures.
Xi to extend his rule at a Party Congress due in the second half of 2027. The CCDI’s Zhang Fuhai said on Friday (October 30, 2026) that discipline inspection and supervisory organs in the country have punished 7.9 million people since 2012.
The plenum adopted a decision on “advancing full and rigorous governance of the party”, which includes reducing corruption among cadres, state news agency Xinhua said. Proponents say China’s corruption purge promotes clean governance, but analysts have said the moves were aimed at paving the way for Mr. The Central Committee, “with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core”, has “eliminated serious hidden dangers within the Party, the State and the military,” Zhang Fuhai, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said on Friday (October 30, 2026). “We will prioritise the investigation of issues where political and economic problems are intertwined, collusion between government and business, and the infiltration of capital into the political sphere,” he said.
