The PLA’s top anti-graft officer concluded unprecedented training for senior military officials in Beijing on Tuesday by urging continuing efforts to boost loyalty to the Communist Party and “political rectification”.Zhang Shengmin, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) – China’s top military decision-making body – said the first-of-its-kind training course had sharpened participants’ ideological transformation and sense of responsibility.“We should greet the 100th anniversary of the founding of the PLA with a renewed political outlook,” Zhang said during the closing ceremony at the National Defence University, referring to the milestone that takes place on August 1 next year.
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WED · 2026-06-17 · 09:23 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0617-85136
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Top PLA graft-buster urges more loyalty, ‘political rectification’ as training ends
Zhang Shengmin, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the PLA's top anti-graft officer, concluded a unique training program for senior military officials in Beijing on Tuesday. During the closing ceremony at the National Defence University, Zhang emphasized the need for continued efforts to enhance loyalty to the Communist Party and engage in "political rectification." He stated that this inaugural training course had improved participants' ideological transformation and sense of responsibility.
Phoebe ZhangSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-17 · 09:23 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Zhang Shengmin, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the PLA's top anti-graft officer, concluded a unique training program for senior military officials in Beijing on Tuesday. During the closing ceremony at the National Defence University, Zhang emphasized the need for continued efforts to enhance loyalty to the Communist Party and engage in "political rectification." He stated that this inaugural training course had improved participants' ideological transformation and sense of responsibility. Zhang urged attendees to approach the PLA's 100th anniversary, occurring next August, with a "renewed political outlook."
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The PLA's 100th anniversary is on August 1 next year.
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Zhang called for greeting the PLA's 100th anniversary with a renewed political outlook.
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Zhang Shengmin stated the training sharpened participants' ideological transformation and sense of responsibility.
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The PLA's top anti-graft officer urged more loyalty and 'political rectification' at the end of senior military officials' training.
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The training course was described as unprecedented and the first of its kind for senior military officials.
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