The Shanghai clique,also referred to as the Shanghai gang,Jiang clique,or Jiang faction,refers to an informal group of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who rose to prominence under former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin while he served as the party chief and mayor of Shanghai.
Xu Caihou was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC),the country's top military council. As Vice-chairman of the CMC,he was one of the top ranking officers of the People's Liberation Army. He also held a seat on the 25-member Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party between 2007 and 2012.
The 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),formally the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the CCP on 22 October 2007 in the aftermath of the 17th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 16th Politburo and succeeded by the 18th. Of the 25 members,nine served in the 17th Politburo Standing Committee.
The 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 2002 to 2007. It held seven plenary sessions. It was set in motion by the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The 15th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Zhang Youxia is a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and currently the first-ranked Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). He previously served as Head of the CMC Equipment Development Department,and its predecessor,the PLA General Armaments Department,from 2012 to 2017. He is the son of General Zhang Zongxun. He is a veteran of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War and one of the few serving generals in China with war experience.
Fang Fenghui is a former top general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served as the Chief of Joint Staff and a member of the Central Military Commission. He was placed under investigation for corruption in 2017 and subsequently convicted.
Jiang Jiemin is a former Chinese oil executive and senior Communist Party and economic official. He was the general manager and then chairman of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),before being appointed the director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) in March 2013. He was also a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Guo Youming is a former Chinese politician from Hubei province. He served as the party secretary of Yichang in Hubei province between 2008 and 2011,and the vice-governor of Hubei from 2011 to 2014. In 2013,he was investigated for "serious disciplinary violations",a phrase usually denoting corruption,and subsequently expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Yang Jinshan is a disgraced general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region between July 2013 to October 2014,and Commander of Tibet Military District from December 2009 to July 2013. Yang is a former member of 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,but was expelled from the body in 2014.
Gu Junshan is a former lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He served as the deputy director of the PLA General Logistics Department (GLD) from December 2009 to February 2012. During his tenure he oversaw the consolidation and sale of military real estate assets. Prior to that,he served as the chief of the barracks and housing division of the GLD,in charge of upgrades to the facilities and residences of army personnel.
Gao Xiaoyan is a disgraced major general in the People's Liberation Army of China. She successively served as political commissar and Discipline Inspection Secretary of the PLA Information Engineering University in Zhengzhou,and executive director of China Institute For Leadership Science (CILS). Investigated by the PLA's anti-graft agency in December 2014,She was the first female general to have been implicated in the anti-corruption campaign launched after the 18th Communist Party Congress.
Guo Zhenggang is a former major general of the People's Liberation Army. He was detained by Chinese military authorities in February 2015,suspected of corruption.
A far-reaching anti-corruption campaign began in China following the conclusion of the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2012. The campaign,carried out under the aegis of Xi Jinping,General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party,was the largest organized anti-corruption effort in the history of CCP rule in China.
Fu Yi is a major general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was detained by Chinese military authorities in January 2015,suspected of corruption.
Zhang Wansong is a major general of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. He served as Director and Deputy Communist Party Secretary of the Joint Logistics Department of the Lanzhou Military Region. In August 2015,the PLA announced that he is under investigation for corruption.
Ma Faxiang was a Chinese vice admiral who served as Deputy Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He came under investigation for corruption and died by suicide in November 2014.
Jiang Zhonghua was a rear admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China,who served as head of the armament department of the South Sea Fleet. He died by suicide in September 2014.
Over one hundred officials of provincial-ministerial level and above have been implicated by the anti-corruption campaign in China,which began after the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012. The number of officials implicated below the provincial level are much higher. The tables on this list includes only officials for which a case has been initiated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Zhang Shengmin is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force. He is a member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and Secretary of the CMC Commission for Discipline Inspection. He is also a Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection,the top anti-corruption agency of China.
Zhang Meiyuan is a major general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as commander of the 38th Group Army from 1989 to 1994 and commander of the Qinghai Military District from 1993 to 1996.
People's Republic of China 
People's Liberation Army 
General (1999–2016,deprived)
