China’s ex-Politburo member Ma Xingrui’s ‘rampant corruption’ included family
Former Politburo member Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party following an anti-corruption investigation. He was accused of facilitating family corruption, accepting bribes, and engaging in unethical transactions.
Why it matters
The downfall of a high-ranking official like Ma Xingrui underscores the ongoing intensity of the Chinese government's anti-corruption campaign within its elite political circles.
Former Politburo member and Xinjiang Communist Party chief Ma Xingrui has been stripped of party membership and dismissed from public office following an anti-corruption investigation.
Ma, 67, who once headed China’s new-generation carrier rocket programme, is the third member of the Politburo – the party’s elite political body – to come under investigation in the current term that began in 2022, a situation unseen in decades.
Before his role in Xinjiang, Ma became deputy party secretary of the southern province of Guangdong in 2013 after a brief stint at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He went on to become party secretary of Shenzhen, provincial vice-governor and then governor.
The Politburo reviewed and approved the report on Ma’s cases by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party’s top disciplinary and anti-corruption body, on June 30, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.
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