The 20th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress was held in Beijing on the 4th, during which three giants from military industry state-owned enterprises were removed from their positions as deputies to the National People's Congress, including: Zhou Xinmin, former Chairman of Aviation Industry Corporation of China; Luo Qi, former Chief Engineer of China National Nuclear Corporation; and Liu Cangli, former President of the China Academy of Engineering Physics.
The meeting voted to adopt the report from the National People's Congress Standing Committee Credentials Review Committee regarding the qualifications of certain deputies. Accordingly, Luo Qi's positions as a member of the NPC Standing Committee and as a member of the NPC Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee were revoked, and Liu Cangli's NPC Standing Committee membership was also revoked.
Prior to the release of this announcement, all three had been "missing" for some time. Zhou Xinmin was officially announced to have been removed from his post in July 2025, and his most recent public appearance was in January last year when he chaired a Party Group meeting. Luo Qi was interviewed by the media during the 2024 National People's Congress session but was absent from the 2025 Two Sessions. In 2024, Liu Cangli and then Vice President of the China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mo Zeyao, were removed from their posts at the same time, drawing attention. Afterwards, Liu Cangli attended the 4th Aerospace Engineering Forum held the same year.
Military industry state-owned enterprise giants have faced frequent incidents over the past two years. In December last year, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference revoked the qualifications of eight committee members at one go, including several military industry giants, such as the former China Satellite Network Group...