Chinese Regime Announces First Senior Official to Get Sacked in 2021

Chinese leader Xi Jinping (bottom) arrives at the closing session of the Chinese regime’s rubber-stamp legislature conference while other Communist Party officials applaud, in Beijing, on May 28, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Chinese authorities recently announced the first senior official in 2021 to be sacked under a sweeping anti-corruption campaign.

Li Wenxi, former vice chairman of the Liaoning Province Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was placed under investigation for violating laws and discipline, the Chinese regime’s anti-corruption watchdog announced on Jan. 25. The CPPCC is a political advisory body to the Chinese Communist Party.