Over a handful of agricultural officials or executives have recently fallen from grace, including the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, who was once the Chinese Community Party (CCP) leader’s special envoy. Analysts believe this round of personnel revamp illustrates the central government’s concerns over agricultural-related woes, significantly worsening food security that the CCP fears to see.
At least seven senior officials in the agriculture sector have been purged since April, when the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) dispatched two inspection groups to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the agricultural banking sector.
