Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Targets Chinese Regime’s Military Spending

The Chinese regime’s Central Military Commission is planning to launch a comprehensive audit of military spending, as part of regime leader Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption political campaign.

Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping (C) and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive at Berlin's Tegel airport on March 28, 2014. John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images

The Chinese regime’s Central Military Commission (CMC) is planning to launch a comprehensive audit of its military spending from 2013 to 2014, the Ministry of National Defense announced.

Under direct orders of regime leader and chair of the CMC, Xi Jinping, the CMC General Office will inspect all revenue and expenditures for that year. All military projects’ funding and capital flow, including expenditure vouchers, receipts, and extra-budgetary funds will be audited. The aim is to discover any instances of corruption, such as impersonations, misappropriated funds, false invoices, and so on.

The first meeting of the military finance audit team, headed by Zhao Keshi, was hosted on Feb. 10, the Ministry of National Defense reported.

The aim is to discover any instances of corruption, such as impersonations, misappropriated funds, false invoices, and so on.