China expels 4 generals from legislature as anti-corruption push rolls through PLA

China’s top legislature has expelled four generals, pointing to a widening of the anti-corruption campaign in the military.

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress said on Friday that the generals had been dismissed as deputies to the NPC.

They are People’s Armed Police commander Wang Chunning; rocket force disciplinary chief Wang Zhibin; Zhang Lin, head of the Logistics Support Department under the Central Military Commission; and Gao Daguang, political commissar of the CMC’s Joint Logistics Support Force.

As a full general, Wang Chunning, 62, is the highest ranking of the four.

Wang served in the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force for most of his career, rising in 2016 to become the commander of the Beijing garrison, tasked with defending the capital.

In April, 2020, he was transferred to the PAP as chief of staff, and became a commander just eight months later.