Event Record
Sun Zhengcai Case
The sudden removal, investigation, and conviction of a Politburo member.
Contents
Event scope
This record examines the continuity among elite personnel decisions, discipline procedure, and criminal process.
Verifiable timeline
- Sun was removed as Chongqing Party secretary in 2017.
- He was investigated and expelled from the Party and public office.
- He received a life sentence for bribery in 2018.
Institutions and mechanisms
The case shows personnel action preceding public discipline and judicial explanation, with formal characterization following later.
Government response
Official accounts explained the action through serious discipline violations and bribery and emphasized political discipline.
Unresolved questions
The shared-source set does not yet include the full judgment link. The event is used as an institutional example pending addition of the first-instance text and contemporaneous appointment documents. [1]
Sources
- Regulations on the Work of CPC Discipline Inspection Commissionsprimary-record
- Regulations on CPC Inspection Workprimary-record
- NPC Standing Committee Decision Amending the Supervision Lawprimary-record
- Rules on Leading Cadres Reporting Personal Mattersprimary-record
- Zhou Yongkang Sentenced to Life Imprisonmentjudicial-record
- Final Appellate Ruling in the Bo Xilai Casejudicial-record
- First Instance Judgment in the Lai Xiaomin Casejudicial-record
- Judicial Interpretation on Corruption and Bribery Casesjudicial-record
- Cadre Rotation and Campaign Mobilization in China's Anti-Corruption Enforcementacademic-research
- Campaign-Style Personnel Management and Selective Delocalizationacademic-research
- The Impact of a Broad Purge on Political Decision-Making in Chinaacademic-research