Former Chinese Minister of Justice Tang Yijun was found guilty of illegally accepting over 600 million yuan during his time in office from 2006 to 2022 and has been sentenced to prison. (Video screenshot)
[People News] On February 2, the Xiamen Intermediate People's Court in Fujian Province delivered its first-instance verdict, sentencing former Minister of Justice Tang Yijun to life imprisonment for accepting over 137 million yuan in bribes during his tenure from 2006 to 2022. He has also been stripped of his political rights for life, and all of his personal assets have been confiscated. The bribes and any profits derived from them are to be turned over to the national treasury, with any shortfall to be pursued further.
It is widely recognised that the CCP is the most corrupt regime in the world, with a continuous emergence of high-ranking corrupt officials, to the extent that it can be said that "one catches a big fish with every grab." In the year 2025 alone, at least 24 corrupt officials at the deputy provincial level and above were tried within the CCP, of which 18 received death sentences with a two-year reprieve, 5 were sentenced to life imprisonment, and 1 was sentenced to 15 years. A common thread among these individuals is that they were all promoted and appointed by Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
It is important to note that these 24 major corrupt officials do not include senior military generals. Some analysts suggest that the CCP refrains from publicly disclosing the corruption of senior military leaders due to the vast sums of money involved. They fear that military personnel might rebel and that such revelations could incite strong public outrage, potentially leading to military coups, political upheaval, and civil unrest.
According to a report published on January 17 by the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission of the Communist Party of China, in 2025, China's disciplinary inspection and supervisory agencies filed a total of 1.012 million cases. This includes 115 cases involving officials at the provincial level and above, and the total number of individuals punished reached 983,000, which includes 69 officials at the provincial level and above. Additionally, 33,000 bribers were reported, with 4,306 cases transferred to the procuratorial authorities. This not only breaks previous records but also marks the highest figures since the Communist Party of China began releasing related statistics 20 years ago.
It is clear that the Communist Party of China's anti-corruption campaign over the past 20 years, despite its claims of 'striking at tigers and swatting flies,' has failed to curb corruption. In fact, corruption has become increasingly severe, creating an environment where it seems that everyone in the officialdom is corrupt and corruption is pervasive, which is quite shocking.
Since Xi Jinping assumed power at the end of 2012, the anti-corruption campaign has transformed into a relentless wave of investigations. The goal is not only to combat corruption but also to reinforce loyalty to Xi Jinping personally and to his policy directives. Since Xi took office, the authorities have punished over 7.2 million individuals, aiming to not only address the rampant corruption that existed prior to his tenure but also to further solidify Xi Jinping's position as the most stable leader in China in decades.
In reality, before officials are promoted to deputy provincial or ministerial-level positions, or to provincial or ministerial-level senior roles, they already face significant corruption issues. All entities and leaders within the Communist Party of China (CPC) responsible for oversight—including party committees, discipline inspection commissions, political and legal committees, organisation departments, the National People's Congress, the State Council, supervisory commissions, anti-corruption bureaus, and audit offices—have effectively zero supervision. Following Xi Jinping's launch of the anti-corruption campaign in January 2013, regardless of how many strong statements he made, how many meetings he convened, how many laws and regulations he enacted, how much anti-corruption education he implemented, how many major cases he pursued, or how many high-ranking officials received life sentences, suspended death sentences, or even death penalties, corruption persisted unabated, as individuals rushed forward for the sake of their financial prospects.
As the primary individual responsible for promoting numerous corrupt officials, Xi Jinping not only avoids any accountability but has not even offered a single self-criticism; whenever issues arise, it is always someone else's fault. When the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam is also askew; the first responsible individuals at all levels below Xi mimic this behaviour, doing everything possible to absolve themselves of responsibility. This highlights the many critical flaws in the CPC's mechanisms for selecting and employing personnel, as well as in its systems of oversight and restraint. It is the CPC's dictatorial and authoritarian system that has engendered and perpetuated corruption. Thus, while the CPC continues its anti-corruption efforts, it simultaneously promotes new serious corrupt individuals, creating an intractable vicious cycle.
Most importantly, absolute power inevitably leads to absolute corruption, ultimately resulting in the Communist Party's own downfall. This is a timeless truth. △
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