China’s former defence ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe sacked for corruption

China’s ruling Communist Party has sacked two former defence ministers for corruption, a development that revealed how graft had plagued the top brass of Asia’s largest military.

Wei was defence minister from 2018 to 2023, while Li was sacked from his job in October 2023 after just seven months, making him China’s shortest-serving defence minister. Before the 66-year-old Li became defence minister, he had been in charge of the PLA department for procuring and developing military equipment.The actions of Li, who was found to have given bribes for his own career advancement, “severely contaminated the political environment of the equipment sector in the military and the ethics of relevant industries”, said the official Xinhua news agency.

The Rocket Force underwent a major shake-up in July 2023, with its commander and political commissar replaced. Observers say the corruption allegations against Wei and Li are an embarrassment for Mr Xi, who had removed several top military officers at the start of his first term in the name of fighting corruption. But the very generals Mr Xi had appointed to replace generals toppled for graft are now themselves said to be guilty of accepting bribes.

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