During the May 1st long holiday in 2026, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Guangxi from April 29th to May 1st, during which five officials in Guangxi were investigated. Subsequently, during the May 1st holiday from May 4th to 5th, three more senior officials in Guangxi were also dealt with.
In the course of the May 1st holiday (May 1st to 5th, 2026), the official website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Commission of the Communist Party of China reported only three senior officials in Guangxi being investigated; all three were local officials handled by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
On May 5th, 2026, Zhao Jinmin, the former deputy party secretary and president of Guangxi Medical University, was investigated. Zhao Jinmin had served as the executive deputy director and director of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, vice president of Guangxi Medical University, and as the president of the university for over ten years from April 2012 to January 2023. Zhao Jinmin, a surgical specialist, had performed hand transplant surgeries and was a candidate for academician.
On the same day, Wang Zhuohua, the former deputy party secretary and president of Yulin Normal College in Guangxi Autonomous Region, was expelled from the Communist Party. Wang Zhuohua had previously held positions as the vice president, deputy party secretary, and president of Yulin Normal College, and was also a distinguished professor at Shanghai University and a specially appointed expert of Guangxi Autonomous Region. He was investigated on January 26, 2026.
On May 4th, 2026, Liu Minghong, the deputy party secretary and general manager of Guangxi Investment Group, was investigated while in office. In the past six months, two chairmen of Guangxi Financial Investment Group, Meng Kunwei and Li Dunman, were successively investigated; with Li Dunman having served as Liu Minghong’s deputy. Guangxi Investment Group is a state-owned enterprise in Guangxi with total assets exceeding 910 billion yuan.
Guangxi was the only province that publicly reported the investigation of senior officials during the May 1st holiday.
Just before the May 1st holiday, Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member and Premier Li Keqiang conducted a three-day research tour in Guangxi from April 29th to May 1st. According to Xinhua News Agency, Li Keqiang visited Nanning City, Qinzhou City, and Beihai City during the tour, accompanied by State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council Wu Zhenglong.
During Li Keqiang’s visit, the official website of the Guangxi Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision reported on April 29, 2026, the investigation of three officials, namely Lin Song, deputy director of the Party Committee and deputy director of Nanning Public Security Bureau, Mo Jun, member of the Standing Committee of Wanxiu District, Wuzhou City, and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Zhou Zhong, former deputy director of the Intermediate People’s Court of Fangchenggang. On April 30, 2026, the investigation of two officials was reported, namely Jiang Dongyong, member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Natural Resources Bureau of Nanning City, and Gudong Lin, a first-level researcher of the Finance Bureau of Hezhou City and former director of the Finance Bureau.
Additionally, on April 29, 2026, Lan Tianli, the former deputy party secretary of Guangxi Autonomous Region and the chairman of the Autonomous Region Government, was arrested and prosecuted. Lan Tianli was investigated while in office on May 16, 2025.
On April 28, 2026, Peng Xiaochun, the former member of the Party Standing Committee and vice chairman of the Guangxi Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was arrested and prosecuted. Peng Xiaochun was investigated on June 16, 2025.
The relationship between Li Keqiang’s visit and the intensive investigations of Guangxi officials has sparked speculation.
It is noteworthy that Guo Shengkun, a former Politburo member of the Communist Party of China and the former Party Secretary of Guangxi Autonomous Region from 2007 to 2012, had been in positions of leadership over Lan Tianli and Peng Xiaochun. Peng Xiaochun had also served as the former deputy secretary-general of the Party Committee of Guangxi Autonomous Region and director of the General Office, acting as the right-hand man of Guo Shengkun.
Guo Shengkun and former Politburo Standing Committee member Zeng Qinghong are said to be old acquaintances from Jiangxi. Guo Shengkun served as a State Councilor and Minister of Public Security after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party. From December 2012 to March 2018, Peng Qinghua succeeded Guo Shengkun as the Party Secretary of Guangxi. Peng Qinghua had previously been a colleague of Zeng Qinghong in the Central Organization Department and is currently a Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress.