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.nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">徐才厚</span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Xu_Caihou_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Xu_Caihou_2009.jpg/220px-Xu_Caihou_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Xu_Caihou_2009.jpg/330px-Xu_Caihou_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Xu_Caihou_2009.jpg/440px-Xu_Caihou_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="964" data-file-height="1314" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Xu Caihou in October 2009</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" title="Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission">Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><b>State Commission</b><br />13 March 2005&#160;–&#32;14 March 2013<br /><b>Party Commission</b><br />19 September 2004 &#8211; 15 November 2012<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving&#32;with&#32;<a href="/wiki/Guo_Boxiong" title="Guo Boxiong">Guo Boxiong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cao_Gangchuan" title="Cao Gangchuan">Cao Gangchuan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hu_Jintao" title="Hu Jintao">Hu Jintao</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Head of the <a href="/wiki/General_Political_Department_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="General Political Department of the People&#39;s Liberation Army">General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 2002&#160;–&#32;September 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yu_Yongbo" title="Yu Yongbo">Yu Yongbo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Li_Jinai" title="Li Jinai">Li Jinai</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Discipline_Inspection_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" title="Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission">Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 2000&#160;–&#32;November 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Ziyu" title="Zhou Ziyu">Zhou Ziyu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Shutian&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhang Shutian (page does not exist)">Zhang Shutian</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">June 1943<br /><a href="/wiki/Wafangdian" title="Wafangdian">Wafangdian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Fengtian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a><br /><small>(now Liaoning, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">15 March 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-03-15)</span> (aged&#160;71)<br /><a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, China</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> <small>(1971–2014, expelled)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harbin_Military_Engineering_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Harbin Military Engineering Institute">Harbin Military Engineering Institute</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People&#39;s Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years&#160;of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1963–1966<br />1970–2013</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PLAGeneral_r.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/PLAGeneral_r.png/25px-PLAGeneral_r.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/PLAGeneral_r.png/38px-PLAGeneral_r.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/PLAGeneral_r.png/50px-PLAGeneral_r.png 2x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="88" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Jiang_(rank)" title="Jiang (rank)">General</a><br />(stripped in 2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jinan_Military_Region" title="Jinan Military Region">Jinan Military Region</a> (1996–1999)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hani" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BE%90" class="extiw" title="wikt:徐">徐</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%89%8D" class="extiw" title="wikt:才">才</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8E%9A" class="extiw" title="wikt:厚">厚</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Xú Cáihòu</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Hsü Ts'ai-hou</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">&#91;ɕǔ<span class="wrap"> </span>tsʰăɪhôu&#93;</a></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Xu Caihou</b> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>&#58; <span lang="zh">徐才厚</span>; June 1943 – 15 March 2015) was a Chinese general in the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People&#39;s Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> (PLA) and <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" title="Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission">vice chairman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Military_Commission_(China)" title="Central Military Commission (China)">Central Military Commission</a> (CMC), the country's top military council. As vice chairman of the CMC, he was one of the top ranking officers of the People's Liberation Army. He also held a seat on the 25-member <a href="/wiki/17th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">Politburo</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> between 2007 and 2012. </p><p>Born to a working-class family in <a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a> province, Xu spent much of his earlier career in <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeastern China">northeastern China</a>. He moved to Beijing in 1990 to become political commissar of the 16th Group Army, later serving as editor of the PLA's flagship newspaper, the <i><a href="/wiki/PLA_Daily" class="mw-redirect" title="PLA Daily">PLA Daily</a></i>. In 1996 Xu became <a href="/wiki/Political_commissar" title="Political commissar">political commissar</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Jinan_Military_Region" title="Jinan Military Region">Jinan Military Region</a>. He became vice chairman of the CMC in September 2004. He retired from office in March 2013. </p><p>In March 2014, Xu was detained and put under investigation on suspicion of <a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribery</a> in one of the highest profile corruption investigations in PLA history. In June 2014, Xu was expelled from the Communist Party. Xu allegedly accumulated massive wealth by routinely demanding large bribes for the promotion of officers under him during his time as vice chairman of the CMC. Xu was undergoing legal proceedings and facing a <a href="/wiki/Court_martial" class="mw-redirect" title="Court martial">court martial</a> but charges were dropped after he died of <a href="/wiki/Bladder_cancer" title="Bladder cancer">bladder cancer</a> in March 2015. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xu_Caihou&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Xu was born in 1943 to a working-class family in the town of <a href="/wiki/Wafangdian" title="Wafangdian">Wafangdian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liaoning_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Liaoning province">Liaoning province</a>; his parents were factory workers.<sup id="cite_ref-cold_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cold-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Dalian_No.8_Senior_High_School" title="Dalian No.8 Senior High School">No. 8 Middle School</a> in present-day Dalian. He achieved high scores on his <i>Gaokao</i> exams and was admitted to the elite <a href="/wiki/Harbin_Engineering_University" title="Harbin Engineering University">Harbin Military Engineering Institute</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harbin" title="Harbin">Harbin</a>, where he studied <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineering" title="Electrical engineering">electrical engineering</a>. The institute was a feeder school for the army, and produced many graduates who later went on to become high-ranking officers in the PLA. In April 1966, just prior to the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>, Xu Caihou, along with all the students attending the institute, were mandated by the government to leave the military to take on civilian jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-sina1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sina1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Xu graduated in 1968, in the midst of the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>, and was <a href="/wiki/Down_to_the_Countryside_Movement" title="Down to the Countryside Movement">sent to the countryside</a> to perform manual agricultural labour for over a year on a military-run farm in <a href="/wiki/Tangyuan_County" title="Tangyuan County">Tangyuan County</a> in China's northeastern hinterlands.<sup id="cite_ref-cold_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cold-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Subsequently, due to his being of <a href="/wiki/Proletariat" title="Proletariat">proletarian</a> class background (his parents were factory workers), he was allowed the 'privilege' of re-joining the army. Xu enlisted in the spring of 1970 as an officer cadet and was stationed in <a href="/wiki/Jilin" title="Jilin">Jilin</a> province.<sup id="cite_ref-sina1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sina1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After joining the officer corps, it took him four years to earn his first promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-cold_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cold-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xu_Caihou&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>, the Chinese leader <a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a> was eager to promote young university graduates as part of his military-reform program. Most of the commanding officers of the PLA at the time had only informal or middle school-level education. Beginning in 1982, Xu earned a series of quick promotions. Xu served in <a href="/wiki/Jilin" title="Jilin">Jilin</a> province for much of his early career, generally in roles that facilitated military-political relations. </p><p>Xu became the <a href="/wiki/Political_commissar" title="Political commissar">political commissar</a> of the <a href="/wiki/16th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Army (People&#39;s Republic of China)">16th Group Army</a> in 1990 and was promoted to major general shortly thereafter. In an incident upon moving to Beijing for work, Xu was offered an air conditioner to cope with the city's summer heat, as a gift from a classmate in university. He reportedly refused the offer, on the grounds that he did not want to have a privilege that his superior officer, who was managing without an air conditioner, lacked.<sup id="cite_ref-cold_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cold-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Next, Xu served as the chief editor of the <i><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Daily" title="People&#39;s Liberation Army Daily">People's Liberation Army Daily</a></i> newspaper; he stayed on the role for just over a year, being promoted again to lieutenant general in the process. In 1996, he became the political commissar of the <a href="/wiki/Jinan_Military_Region" title="Jinan Military Region">Jinan Military Region</a>, with a vast area of jurisdiction over military units in several eastern Chinese provinces. Xu's mission in facilitating "political affairs" in the military meant that, in practice, he was in charge of the promotion and performance evaluation of army officers.<sup id="cite_ref-cold_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cold-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_Military_Commission">Central Military Commission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xu_Caihou&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Central Military Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xu_and_Gates.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Xu_and_Gates.JPG/250px-Xu_and_Gates.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Xu_and_Gates.JPG/375px-Xu_and_Gates.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Xu_and_Gates.JPG/500px-Xu_and_Gates.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4248" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Xu Caihou met U.S. Defense Secretary <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1999, Xu was promoted to the rank of General (<i><a href="/wiki/Shang_Jiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Shang Jiang">Shang Jiang</a></i>), the highest non-wartime rank in the PLA, and also joined the <a href="/wiki/Central_Military_Commission_(China)" title="Central Military Commission (China)">Central Military Commission</a>, in addition to taking charge of the <a href="/wiki/General_Political_Department_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="General Political Department of the People&#39;s Liberation Army">General Political Department</a> (GPD) as its executive deputy head. In December 2000 he was named the head of the <a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Discipline_Inspection_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" title="Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission">Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission</a>, the military's anti-graft and disciplinary enforcement body. Xu's ascendancy in the military also resulted in his rise in the Communist Party's political hierarchy. In November 2002, he assumed full leadership over the GPD. At the party's <a href="/wiki/16th_National_Congress_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party">16th National Congress</a> in 2002, Xu became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party">Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party</a>, a body in charge of the implementation of party policy.<sup id="cite_ref-sina1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sina1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Xu's rapid promotions at around the turn of the century were attributed to the support given to him by then-Central Military Commission Chairman <a href="/wiki/Jiang_Zemin" title="Jiang Zemin">Jiang Zemin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hkinsight_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hkinsight-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Observers believe that through Xu, Jiang continued to influence affairs in the military despite his official retirement in 2004; some retired officers simply described Xu and his partner of equal rank <a href="/wiki/Guo_Boxiong" title="Guo Boxiong">Guo Boxiong</a> as "Jiang's proxy in the military."<sup id="cite_ref-weakgrip_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weakgrip-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his term as <a href="/wiki/Central_Military_Commission_(China)" title="Central Military Commission (China)">Central Military Commission</a> vice chairman, beginning in September 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Xu wielded significant authority over personnel decisions in the upper echelons of the military.<sup id="cite_ref-scmxu_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmxu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Xu was seen by some observers as the day-to-day executive authority in the upper military ranks because <a href="/wiki/CCP_General_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="CCP General Secretary">CCP General Secretary</a> and Central Military Chairman <a href="/wiki/Hu_Jintao" title="Hu Jintao">Hu Jintao</a>, nominally Xu's superior, took a relatively hands-off approach to military affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-scmxu_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmxu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2007, he was named to the 25-member <a href="/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">Politburo</a>, being elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the <a href="/wiki/17th_Central_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">17th Central Committee</a>. Xu retired from the Politburo in 2012 and the Central Military Commission in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corruption_allegations">Corruption allegations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xu_Caihou&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Corruption allegations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35em; ; color: #202122;background-color: ivory;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I used to work for Xu Caihou ... his method of doing things and choosing his people [for promotions] was, first, see how much money is involved, second, his personal affinity to them, and third, to rely on emotions and feelings. This was the worst part about his influence." </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Mj. General Yang Chunchang (March 2015)<sup id="cite_ref-caijing_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caijing-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>According to numerous reports in Chinese and international media, the practice of exchanging "cash for ranks" was widespread during Xu's term as vice chairman; the practice was ostensibly common from the highest-ranking officers to the rank-and-file <a href="/wiki/Petty_officer" title="Petty officer">petty officers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scmxu_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmxu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to sources in the army, Xu's power during his CMC Vice Chairmanship was largely unchecked, they cited an example where one officer attempted to bribe Xu with ten million yuan to secure a higher rank, another officer 'outbid' the first one with twenty million yuan (~$3.2 million), so Xu annulled the arrangement with the first officer.<sup id="cite_ref-caijing_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caijing-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other accusations suggested that during Xu's term in office, an implicit set of prices were attached to each rank in the army as well as other 'privileges' such as party membership.<sup id="cite_ref-caijing_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caijing-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was reported in March 2014 that Xu, then aged 70, had been diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Bladder_cancer" title="Bladder cancer">bladder cancer</a> and was undergoing extensive treatment at the <a href="/wiki/301_Military_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="301 Military Hospital">301 Military Hospital</a> in Beijing.<sup id="cite_ref-mchan_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mchan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A corruption probe was opened at around the same time. There was speculation among some in the military that Xu would be 'spared' charges due to his ill-health.<sup id="cite_ref-mchan_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mchan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gu_Junshan" title="Gu Junshan">Gu Junshan</a>, one of Xu's allegedly favorite officers, who was promoted during Xu's years in office, had already been under investigation for a wide-reaching corruption scandal involving the military's real estate assets.<sup id="cite_ref-scmxu_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmxu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Xu's supporters, pleading for clemency, said that having terminal cancer was akin to having already received the "death penalty," citing the precedent of former Vice Premier <a href="/wiki/Huang_Ju" title="Huang Ju">Huang Ju</a> as a case where corruption charges should not be pressed against an official in ill-health.<sup id="cite_ref-scmxu_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmxu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The decision to investigate Xu was reportedly made on 15 March 2014, when Xu was taken from his hospital bed by armed policemen. His wife, daughter and former secretary were also reportedly taken into custody.<sup id="cite_ref-scmxu_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmxu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At a <a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a> gala for retired military officials in 2014, Xu reportedly tried to speak to <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a>, who is the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Central_Military_Commission_(China)" title="Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)">Chairman of the Central Military Commission</a>, several times, without success.<sup id="cite_ref-scmxu_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmxu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expulsion_from_the_party">Expulsion from the party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xu_Caihou&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Expulsion from the party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Xu was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party on 30 June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-scmp_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> State media described Xu's crimes as abuse of power, accepting bribes directly or via family members in exchange for promotions, and advancing the interests of those close to him through the powers vested in his office.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Xu's downfall was unexpected because corruption investigations involving mid-tier military officers are rarely publicly announced in the People's Republic of China as to not compromise national security. Such an announcement involving a high-ranking general was entirely unprecedented.<sup id="cite_ref-dw2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Xu became the highest-ranked officer in the history of the People's Liberation Army to be investigated in corruption. During the investigation into Xu, investigators found over one tonne of cash in his Beijing home, along with precious gems, ancient artifacts, and artwork. It was said that much of the cash was still stowed away neatly in boxes marked with the names of individual officers, and that it took 12 trucks to transport all the materials confiscated from his home.<sup id="cite_ref-ftimes_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ftimes-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some analysts believe that Xu's downfall signaled a consolidation of military power directly under the hands of Xi Jinping and is of greater political significance than the corruption investigation surrounding <a href="/wiki/Zhou_Yongkang" title="Zhou Yongkang">Zhou Yongkang</a>, a former member of the <a href="/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Politburo Standing Committee">Politburo Standing Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dw2_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His downfall had been presented by the Communist Party as part of a wider campaign by Xi Jinping to eradicate corruption and reform the military.<sup id="cite_ref-scmp_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scmp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In October 2014, Xu was reported to have confessed to taking bribes, becoming the highest-profile figure in China's military to be caught up in Xi Jinping's <a href="/wiki/Anti-corruption_campaign_under_Xi_Jinping" title="Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping">anti-corruption campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-confess_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-confess-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xu_Caihou&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Xu died on 15 March 2015, from bladder cancer and multiple organ failure at the <a href="/wiki/301_Military_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="301 Military Hospital">301 Military Hospital</a> in Beijing at the age of 71,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> likely during the annual "two sessions" (<i><a href="/wiki/Lianghui" class="mw-redirect" title="Lianghui">Lianghui</a></i>) meeting of China's legislature and legislative advisory body. There is some speculation that his death was not announced until the conclusion of <i>Lianghui</i> on 15 March to avoid distracting from the proceedings of the nation's pre-eminent annual political gathering.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a result of his death, military prosecutors announced that, "in accordance with legal procedures," they will not continue to pursue charges against him, despite having already filed suit in military court, but will continue work in investigating his "ill-gotten gains".<sup id="cite_ref-cancer_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancer-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sina1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sina1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=South+China+Morning+Post&amp;rft.atitle=Ex-PLA+top+general+Xu+Caihou+held+in+cash+for+rank+probe&amp;rft.date=2014-03-19&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com%2Fnews%2Fchina%2Farticle%2F1452749%2Fretired-top-pla-general-xu-caihou-held-cash-rank-probe%3Fpage%3Dall&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AXu+Caihou" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142939/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/xucaihou.shtml">"Xu Caihou"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Daily" title="People&#39;s Daily">People's Daily</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/people/xucaihou.shtml">the original</a> on 13 April 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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South China Morning Post. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1450312/corruption-probe-plas-xu-caihou-dropped-because-terminal-cancer?page=all">the original</a> on 14 May 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Corruption+probe+of+PLA%27s+Xu+Caihou+dropped+because+of+terminal+cancer&amp;rft.date=2014-03-17&amp;rft.aulast=Chan&amp;rft.aufirst=Minnie&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com%2Fnews%2Fchina%2Farticle%2F1450312%2Fcorruption-probe-plas-xu-caihou-dropped-because-terminal-cancer%3Fpage%3Dall&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AXu+Caihou" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scmp-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-scmp_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scmp_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140701095959/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1543660/communist-party-expels-former-military-chief-xu-caihou-corruption">"China's Communist Party expels former military chief Xu Caihou in graft probe"</a>. <i>South China Morning Post</i>. 30 June 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1543660/communist-party-expels-former-military-chief-xu-caihou-corruption">the original</a> on 1 July 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=South+China+Morning+Post&amp;rft.atitle=China%27s+Communist+Party+expels+former+military+chief+Xu+Caihou+in+graft+probe&amp;rft.date=2014-06-30&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com%2Fnews%2Fchina%2Farticle%2F1543660%2Fcommunist-party-expels-former-military-chief-xu-caihou-corruption&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AXu+Caihou" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaijie2014" class="citation news cs1">Baijie, An (1 June 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140701093004/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-07/01/content_17627820.htm">"Top-level general expelled for graft"</a>. <i>China Daily</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=China+Daily&amp;rft.atitle=Top-level+general+expelled+for+graft&amp;rft.date=2014-06-01&amp;rft.aulast=Baijie&amp;rft.aufirst=An&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fchina%2F2014-07%2F01%2Fcontent_17627820.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AXu+Caihou" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For other cases of high-level corruption see <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTing_GongIan_Scott2016" class="citation book cs1">Ting Gong; Ian Scott (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0jolDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA30"><i>Routledge Handbook of Corruption in Asia</i></a>. 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style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Political commissar of the <a href="/wiki/78th_Group_Army" title="78th Group Army">16th Group Army</a> </b><br />1990–1992 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Dafa" title="Sun Dafa">Sun Dafa</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhu_Tingxun&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhu Tingxun (page does not exist)">Zhu Tingxun</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9D%E5%BA%AD%E5%8B%8B" class="extiw" title="zh:祝庭勋">zh</a>&#93;</span></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> President of the <i><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Daily" title="People&#39;s Liberation Army Daily">People's Liberation Army Daily</a></i> </b><br />1993–1994 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Zhongtong" title="Sun Zhongtong">Sun Zhongtong</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Du_Tiehuan" title="Du Tiehuan">Du Tiehuan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Political_commissar" title="Political commissar">Political commissar</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jinan_Military_Region" title="Jinan Military Region">Jinan Military Region</a> </b><br />1996–1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Wentai" title="Zhang Wentai">Zhang Wentai</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yu_Yongbo" title="Yu Yongbo">Yu Yongbo</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Head of <a href="/wiki/General_Political_Department_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="General Political Department of the People&#39;s Liberation Army">General Political Department</a> </b><br />2002–2004 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Li_Jinai" title="Li Jinai">Li Jinai</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Ziyu" title="Zhou Ziyu">Zhou Ziyu</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Discipline_Inspection_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" title="Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission">Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission</a> </b><br />2000–2002 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Shutian&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhang Shutian (page does not exist)">Zhang Shutian</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A0%E6%A0%91%E7%94%B0" class="extiw" title="zh:张树田">zh</a>&#93;</span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Guo_Boxiong" title="Guo Boxiong">Guo Boxiong</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Cao_Gangchuan" title="Cao Gangchuan">Cao Gangchuan</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Hu_Jintao" title="Hu Jintao">Hu Jintao</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party </b><br />2004–2012 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fan_Changlong" title="Fan Changlong">Fan Changlong</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Xu_Qiliang" title="Xu Qiliang">Xu Qiliang</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold">Guo Boxiong/ Cao Gangchuan</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" title="Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission">Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission</a> </b><br />2005–2013 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold">Fan Changlong/ Xu Qiliang</div> 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Bingde">Chen Bingde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Changlong" title="Fan Changlong">Fan Changlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Zongqi" title="Zhao Zongqi">Zhao Zongqi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Political Commissars</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Qilong" title="Tan Qilong">Tan Qilong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shu_Tong" title="Shu Tong">Shu Tong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Qilong" title="Tan Qilong">Tan Qilong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeng_Xisheng" title="Zeng Xisheng">Zeng Xisheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Qilong" title="Tan Qilong">Tan Qilong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Xiaoyu" title="Wang Xiaoyu">Wang Xiaoyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Liqing" title="Xu Liqing">Xu Liqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiao_Wangdong" title="Xiao Wangdong">Xiao Wangdong</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Wen_Jiabao" title="Wen Jiabao">Wen Jiabao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jia_Qinglin" title="Jia Qinglin">Jia Qinglin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Changchun" title="Li Changchun">Li Changchun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Keqiang" title="Li Keqiang">Li Keqiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/He_Guoqiang" title="He Guoqiang">He Guoqiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Yongkang" title="Zhou Yongkang">Zhou Yongkang</a></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other members<br /><i>in <a href="/wiki/Surname_stroke_order" title="Surname stroke order">surname stroke order</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Gang_(politician)" title="Wang Gang (politician)">Wang Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Lequan" title="Wang Lequan">Wang Lequan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Zhaoguo" title="Wang Zhaoguo">Wang Zhaoguo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Qishan" title="Wang Qishan">Wang Qishan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hui_Liangyu" title="Hui Liangyu">Hui Liangyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Qi_(politician,_born_1942)" title="Liu Qi (politician, born 1942)">Liu Qi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Yunshan" title="Liu Yunshan">Liu Yunshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Yandong" title="Liu Yandong">Liu Yandong ♀</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Yuanchao" title="Li Yuanchao">Li Yuanchao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)" title="Wang Yang (politician)">Wang Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Gaoli" title="Zhang Gaoli">Zhang Gaoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Dejiang" title="Zhang Dejiang">Zhang Dejiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yu_Zhengsheng" title="Yu Zhengsheng">Yu Zhengsheng</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Xu Caihou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guo_Boxiong" title="Guo Boxiong">Guo Boxiong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Xilai" title="Bo Xilai">Bo Xilai</a> (expelled 2012)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Template:7th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">7th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:8th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">8th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:9th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">9th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:10th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:10th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">10th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:11th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:11th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">11th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:12th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:12th Politburo of the Chinese 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title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> (CCP General Secretary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Qishan" title="Wang Qishan">Wang Qishan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Commission_for_Discipline_Inspection" title="Central Commission for Discipline Inspection">Central Commission for Discipline Inspection</a> Secretary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Hongzhu" title="Zhao Hongzhu">Zhao Hongzhu</a> (CCDI Deputy Secretary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du_Jincai" title="Du Jincai">Du Jincai</a> (Military Discipline Secretary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Leading_Group_for_Inspection_Work" title="Central Leading Group for Inspection Work">Central Leading Group for Inspection Work</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Implicated people<br />(<a href="/wiki/Officials_implicated_by_the_anti-corruption_campaign_in_China_since_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Officials implicated by the anti-corruption campaign in China since 2012">full list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#F4F0EC"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">Central Committee</a> members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Yongkang" title="Zhou Yongkang">Zhou Yongkang</a><sup>PB</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guo_Boxiong" title="Guo Boxiong">Guo Boxiong</a><sup>PB; PLA</sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Xu Caihou</a><sup>PB; PLA</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Zhengcai" title="Sun Zhengcai">Sun Zhengcai</a><sup>PB</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ling_Jihua" title="Ling Jihua">Ling Jihua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su_Rong" title="Su Rong">Su Rong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Benshun" title="Zhou Benshun">Zhou Benshun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Min_(born_1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Min (born 1950)">Wang Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su_Shulin" title="Su Shulin">Su Shulin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Dongliang" title="Yang Dongliang">Yang Dongliang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Jinshan" title="Yang Jinshan">Yang Jinshan</a><sup>PLA</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Dongsheng" title="Li Dongsheng">Li Dongsheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiang_Jiemin" title="Jiang Jiemin">Jiang Jiemin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bai_Enpei" title="Bai Enpei">Bai Enpei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tian_Xiusi" title="Tian Xiusi">Tian Xiusi</a><sup>PLA</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Jianping" title="Wang Jianping">Wang Jianping</a><sup>PLA</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Xibin" title="Wang Xibin">Wang Xibin</a><sup>PLA</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Xingguo" title="Huang Xingguo">Huang Xingguo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Huaishan" title="Sun Huaishan">Sun Huaishan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Liguo" title="Li Liguo">Li Liguo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiang_Junbo" title="Xiang Junbo">Xiang Junbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Sanyun" title="Wang Sanyun">Wang Sanyun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Huanning" title="Yang Huanning">Yang Huanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yang_(general)" title="Zhang Yang (general)">Zhang Yang</a><sup>PLA; S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fang_Fenghui" title="Fang Fenghui">Fang Fenghui</a><sup>PLA</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Aiying" title="Wu Aiying">Wu Aiying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Zhijun" title="Liu Zhijun">Liu Zhijun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central Committee alternate members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Li_Chuncheng" title="Li Chuncheng">Li Chuncheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Chuanping" title="Chen Chuanping">Chen Chuanping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_Yiyang" title="Pan Yiyang">Pan Yiyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhu_Mingguo" title="Zhu Mingguo">Zhu Mingguo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Qingliang" title="Wan Qingliang">Wan Qingliang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Min_(born_1956)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Min (born 1956)">Wang Min</a> <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">(王敏)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yongchun_(executive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Yongchun (executive)">Wang Yongchun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Weize" title="Yang Weize">Yang Weize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Gang_(politician)" title="Yang Gang (politician)">Yang Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qiu_He" title="Qiu He">Qiu He</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yu_Yuanhui" title="Yu Yuanhui">Yu Yuanhui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BC_Xiwen" title="Lü Xiwen">Lü Xiwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Yunfeng" title="Li Yunfeng">Li Yunfeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niu_Zhizhong" title="Niu Zhizhong">Niu Zhizhong</a><sup>PLA</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Chongyong" title="Yang Chongyong">Yang Chongyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Jiancheng" title="Mo Jiancheng">Mo Jiancheng</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Xiwu&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhang Xiwu (page does not exist)">Zhang Xiwu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central organs and <br /><a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprise" title="State-owned enterprise">State-owned enterprises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cai_Xiyou" title="Cai Xiyou">Cai Xiyou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang_Xiaobing" title="Chang Xiaobing">Chang Xiaobing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Chunning" title="Dai Chunning">Dai Chunning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Qilin" title="Deng Qilin">Deng Qilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/He_Jiacheng" title="He Jiacheng">He Jiacheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiang_Jiemin" title="Jiang Jiemin">Jiang Jiemin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Dongsheng" title="Li Dongsheng">Li Dongsheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Hualin" title="Li Hualin">Li Hualin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liao_Yongyuan" title="Liao Yongyuan">Liao Yongyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Tienan" title="Liu Tienan">Liu Tienan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qi_Pingjing" title="Qi Pingjing">Qi Pingjing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shen_Dingcheng" title="Shen Dingcheng">Shen Dingcheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shen_Weichen" title="Shen Weichen">Shen Weichen</a><sup>CDI</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Si_Xianmin" title="Si Xianmin">Si Xianmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_Lin" title="Song Lin">Song Lin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Hongzhi" title="Sun Hongzhi">Sun Hongzhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Zhaoxue" title="Sun Zhaoxue">Sun Zhaoxue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Shuaiting" title="Wang Shuaiting">Wang Shuaiting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Tianpu" title="Wang Tianpu">Wang Tianpu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yongchun_(executive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Yongchun (executive)">Wang Yongchun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Pengyuan" title="Wei Pengyuan">Wei Pengyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi_Xiaoming" title="Xi Xiaoming">Xi Xiaoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiao_Tian" title="Xiao Tian">Xiao Tian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Jianyi" title="Xu Jianyi">Xu Jianyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Jie_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Xu Jie (politician)">Xu Jie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Yongsheng" title="Xu Yongsheng">Xu Yongsheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Gang_(politician)" title="Yang Gang (politician)">Yang Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Gang" title="Yao Gang">Yao Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Zhongmin" title="Yao Zhongmin">Yao Zhongmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yi_Junqing" title="Yi Junqing">Yi Junqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Lijun_(politician)" title="Zhang Lijun (politician)">Zhang Lijun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yun_(banker)" title="Zhang Yun (banker)">Zhang Yun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhu_Fushou" title="Zhu Fushou">Zhu Fushou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Officials of <br />Provincial-ministerial rank<sup>1</sup> <br />(incl. sub-provincial)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ai_Baojun" title="Ai Baojun">Ai Baojun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bai_Xueshan" title="Bai Xueshan">Bai Xueshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bai_Yun_(politician)" title="Bai Yun (politician)">Bai Yun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cao_Jianfang" title="Cao Jianfang">Cao Jianfang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Anzhong" title="Chen Anzhong">Chen Anzhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Baihuai" title="Chen Baihuai">Chen Baihuai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Shulong" title="Chen Shulong">Chen Shulong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Tiexin" title="Chen Tiexin">Chen Tiexin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Xu_(prosecutor)" title="Chen Xu (prosecutor)">Chen Xu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Xuefeng" title="Chen Xuefeng">Chen Xuefeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dou_Yupei" title="Dou Yupei">Dou Yupei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du_Shanxue" title="Du Shanxue">Du Shanxue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Jian_(officer)" title="Fan Jian (officer)">Fan Jian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fu_Xiaoguang" title="Fu Xiaoguang">Fu Xiaoguang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gai_Ruyin" title="Gai Ruyin">Gai Ruyin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gong_Qinggai" title="Gong Qinggai">Gong Qinggai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu_Chunli" title="Gu Chunli">Gu Chunli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guo_Yongxiang" title="Guo Yongxiang">Guo Yongxiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guo_Youming" title="Guo Youming">Guo Youming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Xiancong" title="Han Xiancong">Han Xiancong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Xuejian" title="Han Xuejian">Han Xuejian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Zhiran" title="Han Zhiran">Han Zhiran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/He_Jiatie" title="He Jiatie">He Jiatie</a><sup>CDI</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Jianye" title="Ji Jianye">Ji Jianye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Wenlin" title="Ji Wenlin">Ji Wenlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Daoming" title="Jin Daoming">Jin Daoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jing_Chunhua" title="Jing Chunhua">Jing Chunhua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong_Lingzhong" title="Kong Lingzhong">Kong Lingzhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lai_Derong" title="Lai Derong">Lai Derong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Dake" title="Le Dake">Le Dake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Chengyun" title="Li Chengyun">Li Chengyun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Chongxi" title="Li Chongxi">Li Chongxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Daqiu" title="Li Daqiu">Li Daqiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Jia_(born_1964)" class="mw-redirect" title="Li Jia (born 1964)">Li Jia</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">李嘉</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Jianbo_(politician)" title="Li Jianbo (politician)">Li Jianbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Wenke" title="Li Wenke">Li Wenke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Zhi_(politician)" title="Li Zhi (politician)">Li Zhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_Bin" title="Liang Bin">Liang Bin</a><sup>CDI</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liao_Shaohua" title="Liao Shaohua">Liao Shaohua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ling_Zhengce" title="Ling Zhengce">Ling Zhengce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Lizu" title="Liu Lizu">Liu Lizu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Xinqi" title="Liu Xinqi">Liu Xinqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Zhigeng" title="Liu Zhigeng">Liu Zhigeng</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liu_Zhiyong&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Liu Zhiyong (page does not exist)">Liu Zhiyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu_Wucheng" title="Lu Wucheng">Lu Wucheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu_Ziyue" title="Lu Ziyue">Lu Ziyue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Jian_(politician)" title="Ma Jian (politician)">Ma Jian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mao_Xiaobing" title="Mao Xiaobing">Mao Xiaobing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni_Fake" title="Ni Fake">Ni Fake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nie_Chunyu" title="Nie Chunyu">Nie Chunyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qin_Yuhai" title="Qin Yuhai">Qin Yuhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren_Runhou" title="Ren Runhou">Ren Runhou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shen_Peiping" title="Shen Peiping">Shen Peiping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Si_Xinliang" title="Si Xinliang">Si Xinliang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su_Hongzhang" title="Su Hongzhang">Su Hongzhang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sui_Fengfu" title="Sui Fengfu">Sui Fengfu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Qingyun" title="Sun Qingyun">Sun Qingyun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Li" title="Tan Li">Tan Li</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Qiwei" title="Tan Qiwei">Tan Qiwei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tong_Mingqian" title="Tong Mingqian">Tong Mingqian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Bao%27an" title="Wang Bao&#39;an">Wang Bao'an</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Suyi" title="Wang Suyi">Wang Suyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yang_(born_1957)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Yang (born 1957)">Wang Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_Zhongtian&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang Zhongtian (page does not exist)">Wang Zhongtian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Hong" title="Wei Hong">Wei Hong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Minzhou" title="Wei Minzhou">Wei Minzhou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Changshun" title="Wu Changshun">Wu Changshun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Tianjun" title="Wu Tianjun">Wu Tianjun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Yongwen" title="Wu Yongwen">Wu Yongwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Aimin" title="Xu Aimin">Xu Aimin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Gang_(politician)" title="Xu Gang (politician)">Xu Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yan_Shiyuan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Yan Shiyuan (page does not exist)">Yan Shiyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Baohua" title="Yang Baohua">Yang Baohua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Luyu" title="Yang Luyu">Yang Luyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Zhenchao" title="Yang Zhenchao">Yang Zhenchao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Mugen" title="Yao Mugen">Yao Mugen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yin_Hailin" title="Yin Hailin">Yin Hailin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yu_Haiyan" title="Yu Haiyan">Yu Haiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Lifu&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhang Lifu (page does not exist)">Zhang Lifu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Tianxin" title="Zhang Tianxin">Zhang Tianxin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yue_(PRC_politician)" title="Zhang Yue (PRC politician)">Zhang Yue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Wenxiong" title="Zhang Wenxiong">Zhang Wenxiong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Liping" title="Zhao Liping">Zhao Liping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Shaolin" title="Zhao Shaolin">Zhao Shaolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Zhiyong" title="Zhao Zhiyong">Zhao Zhiyong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zheng_Yuzhuo&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zheng Yuzhuo (page does not exist)">Zheng Yuzhuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Chunyu" title="Zhou Chunyu">Zhou Chunyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhu_Zuoli" title="Zhu Zuoli">Zhu Zuoli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military generals<sup>2</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cai_Guangliao" title="Cai Guangliao">Cai Guangliao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Qiang_(general)" title="Chen Qiang (general)">Chen Qiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Weimin" title="Dai Weimin">Dai Weimin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Ruihua" title="Deng Ruihua">Deng Ruihua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dong_Mingxiang" title="Dong Mingxiang">Dong Mingxiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duan_Tianjie" title="Duan Tianjie">Duan Tianjie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Changmi" title="Fan Changmi">Fan Changmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fang_Fenghui" title="Fang Fenghui">Fang Fenghui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fang_Wenping" title="Fang Wenping">Fang Wenping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fu_Linguo" title="Fu Linguo">Fu Linguo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fu_Yi_(general)" title="Fu Yi (general)">Fu Yi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gao_Xiaoyan" title="Gao Xiaoyan">Gao Xiaoyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu_Junshan" title="Gu Junshan">Gu Junshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guo_Boxiong" title="Guo Boxiong">Guo Boxiong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guo_Zhenggang" title="Guo Zhenggang">Guo Zhenggang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiang_Zhonghua" title="Jiang Zhonghua">Jiang Zhonghua</a><sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kou_Tie" title="Kou Tie">Kou Tie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Zhanqi" title="Liu Zhanqi">Liu Zhanqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Zheng" title="Liu Zheng">Liu Zheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Faxiang" title="Ma Faxiang">Ma Faxiang</a><sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niu_Zhizhong" title="Niu Zhizhong">Niu Zhizhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tian_Xiusi" title="Tian Xiusi">Tian Xiusi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Jianping" title="Wang Jianping">Wang Jianping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Minggui" title="Wang Minggui">Wang Minggui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Xibin" title="Wang Xibin">Wang Xibin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yu_(general)" title="Wang Yu (general)">Wang Yu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Yufa" title="Wang Yufa">Wang Yufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Jin" title="Wei Jin">Wei Jin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Xu Caihou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Jinshan" title="Yang Jinshan">Yang Jinshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Wanyong_(China)" title="Ye Wanyong (China)">Ye Wanyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yu_Daqing" title="Yu Daqing">Yu Daqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhan_Guoqiao" title="Zhan Guoqiao">Zhan Guoqiao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhan_Jun" title="Zhan Jun">Zhan Jun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Daixin" title="Zhang Daixin">Zhang Daixin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Qibin" title="Zhang Qibin">Zhang Qibin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Wansong" title="Zhang Wansong">Zhang Wansong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yang_(general)" title="Zhang Yang (general)">Zhang Yang</a><sup>S</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Guotai" title="Zhou Guotai">Zhou Guotai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Minggui" title="Zhou Minggui">Zhou Minggui</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Officials at<br /> Prefecture-level rank<sup>1</sup><br /> or below</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adil_Nurmemet" title="Adil Nurmemet">Adil Nurmemet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cao_Jianliao" title="Cao Jianliao">Cao Jianliao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Gui_(politician)" title="Chen Gui (politician)">Chen Gui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Wei_(politician)" title="Chen Wei (politician)">Chen Wei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chu_Zhongzhi" title="Chu Zhongzhi">Chu Zhongzhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cong_Wenjing" title="Cong Wenjing">Cong Wenjing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ding_Xuefeng" title="Ding Xuefeng">Ding Xuefeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dong_Hongyun" title="Dong Hongyun">Dong Hongyun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du_Hu" title="Du Hu">Du Hu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fang_Xiping" title="Fang Xiping">Fang Xiping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feng_Lixiang" title="Feng Lixiang">Feng Lixiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gao_Jinsong" title="Gao Jinsong">Gao Jinsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gong_Weiguo" title="Gong Weiguo">Gong Weiguo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guo_Yipin" title="Guo Yipin">Guo Yipin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/He_Jinming" title="He Jinming">He Jinming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hou_Fengqi" title="Hou Fengqi">Hou Fengqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huo_Ke" title="Huo Ke">Huo Ke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiang_Shan" title="Jiang Shan">Jiang Shan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiang_Zunyu" title="Jiang Zunyu">Jiang Zunyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lan_Jun" title="Lan Jun">Lan Jun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lei_Zhengfu" title="Lei Zhengfu">Lei Zhengfu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Jia_(born_1966)" class="mw-redirect" title="Li Jia (born 1966)">Li Jia</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">李佳</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Lianyu" title="Li Lianyu">Li Lianyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Qiang_(Lianyungang)" title="Li Qiang (Lianyungang)">Li Qiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xi_(born_1962)" class="mw-redirect" title="Li Xi (born 1962)">Li Xi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Yilong" title="Li Yilong">Li Yilong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_Guoying" title="Liang Guoying">Liang Guoying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_Yimin" title="Liang Yimin">Liang Yimin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin_Qiang_(politician)" title="Lin Qiang (politician)">Lin Qiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Guanglong" title="Liu Guanglong">Liu Guanglong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Suiji" title="Liu Suiji">Liu Suiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Chaoqun" title="Ma Chaoqun">Ma Chaoqun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Yong" title="Ma Yong">Ma Yong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qi_Jinli" title="Qi Jinli">Qi Jinli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qin_Jianxiao" title="Qin Jianxiao">Qin Jianxiao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Hong" title="Tan Hong">Tan Hong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_Aijun" title="Tang Aijun">Tang Aijun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tian_Yubao" title="Tian Yubao">Tian Yubao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zou_Taixin" title="Zou Taixin">Zou Taixin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Jianguo" title="Wang Jianguo">Wang Jianguo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Maoshe" title="Wang Maoshe">Wang Maoshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Ning_(politician,_born_1966)" title="Wang Ning (politician, born 1966)">Wang Ning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Junxing" title="Wei Junxing">Wei Junxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Jide" title="Wu Jide">Wu Jide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Jun" title="Wu Jun">Wu Jun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Mengjia" title="Xu Mengjia">Xu Mengjia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Xiaobo_(born_1971)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang Xiaobo (born 1971)">Yang Xiaobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Xin_(politician)" title="Yang Xin (politician)">Yang Xin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yu_Gang" title="Yu Gang">Yu Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Kunsheng" title="Zhang Kunsheng">Zhang Kunsheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Lebin" title="Zhang Lebin">Zhang Lebin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Qingjun&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhang Qingjun (page does not exist)">Zhang Qingjun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Xiuping" title="Zhang Xiuping">Zhang Xiuping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Zhongsheng" title="Zhang Zhongsheng">Zhang Zhongsheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheng_Xuebi" title="Zheng Xuebi">Zheng Xuebi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Haiyan" title="Zhao Haiyan">Zhao Haiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhong_Shijian" title="Zhong Shijian">Zhong Shijian</a><sup>CDI</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Liangen" title="Zhou Liangen">Zhou Liangen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhu_Fulin" title="Zhu Fulin">Zhu Fulin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Business and media</th><td 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