The secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) Discipline Inspection Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, Jiang Xinjun, passed away due to a “sudden illness during work,” a piece of news that was only reported two days later. Jiang Xinjun’s sudden death has sparked speculation.
According to the report by the XPCC Daily on November 5, Jiang Xinjun, a member of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP, a standing committee member and deputy political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (referred to as the Xinjiang Corps), and the secretary of the Corps Discipline Inspection Commission and director of the Supervisory Commission, suffered a “sudden illness during work, which failed to be saved,” and passed away at 14:24 on November 3, 2025, at the age of 56.
This news, after being reprinted by the Beijing Daily on November 8, has drawn attention from the public.
The report describes Jiang Xinjun as a so-called outstanding party member of the CCP, “loyal and reliable to the party,” and “highly consistent with the party’s central leadership,” praising his achievements in supervising stability maintenance work during his tenure at the Autonomous Region Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
Public records show that Jiang Xinjun was born in August 1969 and had a long career in Xinjiang. He served as the Deputy Director of the Xinjiang Supervision Department in May 2016, a standing committee member of the Xinjiang Discipline Inspection Commission and Deputy Director of the Supervision Department in November 2016, Deputy Director of the Xinjiang Supervision Commission in January 2018, a standing committee member and deputy political commissar of the Xinjiang Corps in July 2022, the secretary of the Corps Discipline Inspection Commission, and the director of the Corps Supervisory Commission. He was a member of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP.
Commentator Li Linyi pointed out that abnormal deaths in the official circles of the CCP are often suspected to be related to corruption investigations internally. For example, at the end of last year, the CCP Customs Administration Secretary of the Party Committee and Director Yu Jianhua was officially mentioned to have passed away due to “sudden illness that was not effectively treated,” but there were rumors that Yu Jianhua had committed suicide in his office. Of course, the official statement still referred to him as a so-called outstanding party member, and it’s also possible that he indeed died of a sudden illness. There is also a possibility of internal power struggles because he was in charge of anti-corruption efforts, which could easily provoke attacks from opponents, and there are precedents for this.
Jiang Xinjun took over the anti-corruption role at the Xinjiang Corps after Ma Xingrui was appointed as the Party Secretary of Xinjiang. Ma Xingrui himself was also the First Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Corps and the First Secretary of the Party Committee.
In July of this year, Ma Xingrui was suddenly removed from his position and appointed elsewhere, with former Deputy Executive Minister of the Central United Front Work Department, Chen Xiaojiang, taking over as the Secretary of Xinjiang. As of now, Ma Xingrui’s future career path remains uncertain, and there have been various versions of the issues he might be involved in, including potential corruption in Xinjiang.
There have been multiple officials within the Xinjiang Corps who have fallen from grace recently.
The fifth round of central inspections concluded in the first half of this year, including the Xinjiang Corps as an inspection target. In May, Song Quanwei, a member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Caohu Project Area of the Xinjiang Corps, Wang Shengping, former Party Secretary of the Beitun City of the Tenth Division of the Xinjiang Corps, and Zhang Xuejun, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of the 4th Regiment of the First Division, successively fell from power.
The sixth round of central inspection teams completed their work in late July 2025, staying in the inspected areas for about two and a half months until early to mid-October, including Xinjiang.
On November 1, 2025, Jin Zhizhen, Vice Chairman of the Xinjiang Political Consultative Conference of the CCP, was put under investigation.