The Fifth Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) has approved the decision to withdraw the membership qualifications of Wu Yansheng, Liu Shiquan, Wang Changqing, and Wang Xiaojun from the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC, as reported by China Central Television.
Concluding its fifth session in Beijing, the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC, China’s top political advisory body, addressed the removal of these members. This decision, initially reviewed and sanctioned during the 12th Chairperson’s Council meeting on December 27, 2023, was officially ratified at the recent Standing Committee session.
Wu Yansheng, the former Chairman and Party Secretary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1994. Liu Shiquan, previously Chairman and Party Secretary of China North Industries Group Corporation Limited, became a CPC member in September 1985. Wang Changqing, a senior executive at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), holds a doctoral degree in engineering and joined the CPC. Lastly, Wang Xiaojun, appointed director of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology under CASC in June 2019, is also a CPC member.