Beijing Expels 3 Senior Defense Industry Officials Amid Ongoing Military Purge

The main goal of the meeting was to legitimize Xi Jinping’s purge of Gen. Zhang Youxia, but this met with resistance, analysts said.

A security guard stands at his post during the opening session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2024. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images

The Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party’s rubber-stamp legislature has held a special session to expel three senior military-industrial officials amid the ongoing military purge.

Analysts told The Epoch Times that although the removal of the three technocrats exposes the Chinese regime’s systemic corruption, these men were not the primary targets of the special meeting, as infighting among the top echelons of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persists.