China’s Communist Party Expels Former Agriculture Minister, Citing Corruption

Security guards stand at an entrance to the Great Hall of the People during the sixth plenary session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 18, 2018. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expelled former Agriculture Minister Tang Renjian, state-run media reported on Nov. 15, following months of investigation under CCP leader Xi Jinping’s so-called anti-corruption campaign.

Tang was removed from his post as minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and placed under investigation, along with several other high-ranking officials, in mid-May.