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The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China issued an announcement on Tuesday (February 27), announcing that the former foreign minister Qin Gang resigned as a representative of the National People's Congress.

This announcement is just as China is about to hold the annual two sessions early next month, that is, the National People's Congress and the CPPCC meeting.This is the latest official news about his recent situation since Qin Gang was removed from office last year.

The official news agency Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday that the Standing Committee of the Tianjin City of Qin Gang was decided to accept Qin Gang's resignation, and the report did not explain why he resigned.

In July last year, Chinese officials suddenly announced that Qin Gang's minister of Foreign Affairs was eliminated, and his former Wang Yi replied.Qin Gang was only seven months in office at the time, which was regarded as one of the largest political accidents in China for many years.

Qin Gang, 57, was the youngest foreign minister in China since the half century, and was regarded as a political star, but he later became the shortest foreign minister since the establishment of the government.

Qin Gang resigned from the position of representatives of the People's Congress means that he is currently only the status of the members of the CPC Central Committee.

However, in the latest announcement, the outside world did not use the term use of removal used by other officials when they fell off the horse.

Dali L. Yang, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, stated that Qin Gang's resignation showed that no matter what mistakes he could involve, he might not rise to the level of crime.

Therefore, he will not be imprisoned, and it is likely to be allowed to retain the status of party members.According to the specific situation of his violations, he may even be given some roles after being surrendered.Yang Dali analyzed.

Qin Gang disappeared in the public vision after attending diplomatic activities last June last year.The official initially stated that he had encountered a health problem, but he has always refused to answer any details.

The Wall Street Journal quoted a person familiar with the matter last year that Qin Gang was removed from office because he had had extramarital affairs in the United States.It is reported that the focus of the investigation is whether his behavior is endangering national security.

There are also analysis that the latest announcement also breaks other rumors around Qin Gang's death.In December last year, the US media politician (Politico) issued a statement that Qin Gang was arrested for leakage military secrets to the West and was tortured or committed to death in July.

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Li Shangfu served as the Minister of Defense last March.

At the time of this news, the name of Li Shangfu, the former Minister of Defense of China, has also been removed from the list of members of the Central Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.This shows that he is likely to be removed from the party.

Similar to Qin Gang's trajectory, Li Shangfu suddenly disappeared from the public vision six months after being appointed Minister of Defense. In October last year, he was announced that he was removed from the position of Minister of Defense and State Councilor.

In addition to Qin Gang and Li Shangfu, a group of senior Chinese officials and generals have also been removed from time to time in the past year, including the leadership of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Army in charge of the Chinese Nuclear Army.

The outside world also pays attention to the fate of Wei Fenghe, former Minister of Defense.He was absent from the National Day enrollment last year and was not included in the list of leaders officially announced on the eve of the New Year this year to visit the old comrades.

Who is Qin Gang?

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Qin Gang's information on the Sino -US media in Washington, USA (Xinhua News Agency, 28/7/2021).

Qin Gang has worked in China's diplomatic system for more than 30 years, and was known as a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his early years.He has repeatedly said sharply to the West's doubts about China, and some people are called wolves.

This seems to promote him on his career.From 2021 to 2022, he was sent to Washington as the ambassador to the United States. During his period, his style became relatively soft, trying to ease the tension between China and the United States.

Immediately afterwards, he was promoted by a rocket -like manner, promoted to foreign ministers at the end of 2022, and was promoted to be concurrently served as a member of the State member in March 2023.

In March last year, Qin Gang appeared at the Foreign Minister's press conference during the two sessions of China.He took out a red Chinese constitution on the spot, emphasizing that the issue of Taiwan was China's internal affairs.