Top Chinese Financial Regulator Disappears From Official Website

Li Yunze’s sudden disappearance from official records signals escalating infighting and a widening purge within the CCP’s financial ranks.

A security guard walks past a Bank of Shanghai signage in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2016. Fred Dufour/AFP

China’s top banking watchdog has removed its chief from its official website leadership roster without explanation.

The website of China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), the Organization Department of the Central Committee ⁠of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), no longer lists Li Yunze as director, leaving only three deputy directors and a senior discipline inspection official.