China’s Top Anti-Graft Body Targets Its Own Officials for Alleged Corruption

Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping (L) walks with members of the new Standing Committee of the Party’s Political Bureau, (from 2nd L) Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Can Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi as they arrive for a group photo with journalists at The Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 23, 2022. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

China’s top anti-graft body recently announced that three of its own high-ranking officials are placed under investigation for “violations of disciplines and law.”

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) ensures that officials toe the Party line, stay loyal to the top Party leadership, and abide by the Party’s rules. However, CCP leader Xi Jinping has used the agency to purge his political opponents under his anti-corruption campaign.