On December 29, 2016 (December 1, 2016 in the lunar calendar), Wang Jianping, the former commander of the armed police, was investigated for bribery and was the first active general to be dismissed since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. On December 29, 2016, Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Yang Yujun said that Wang Jianping, deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Headquarters of the Central Military Commission, is currently under investigation for suspected bribery. Wang Jianping was asked by a reporter at the regular press conference of the Ministry of National Defense. According to media reports, Wang Jianping, deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Headquarters of the Central Military Commission and former commander of the Armed Police Force, was absent from the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and has not seen any public activities reported recently. May I ask the spokesperson, is Wang Jianping currently under organizational investigation? In response, Yang Yujun, spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, replied: The military procuratorate has filed an investigation against Wang Jianping on suspicion of accepting bribes. Wang Jianping was the first active PLA general to be dismissed after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Although the former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xu Caihou and Guo Boxiong, and former Political Commissar of the Air Force Tian Xiusi held the rank of generals, they had already retired when they were investigated. His public resume shows that Wang Jianping was born in 1953. He joined the People's Liberation Army in his early years and served in the 40th Group Army of the Army. After the 1990s, Wang Jianping was transferred to the Armed Police Force. In December 1996, Wang Jianping was appointed as captain and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Armed Police Force of the Xizang Corps. In April 2000, he was appointed as deputy chief of staff of the Armed Police Force. In August 2006, he was promoted to chief of staff of the Armed Police Force, ranking among the deputy military region level at that time. In July of the following year, Wang Jianping was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General of the Armed Police Force and was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee at the subsequent 17th National Congress. In June 2009, Wang Jianping assumed the post of deputy commander of the Armed Police Force. Six months later, he succeeded Wu Shuangzhan, who had stepped down from office, in charge of the Armed Police Force, serving as commander, and becoming the chief general of the military region. In July 2012, Wang Jianping was promoted to the rank of General of the Armed Police Force. In November 2012, he was appointed as a member of the Central Committee at the Seventh Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee, and was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee at the subsequent 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Wang Jianping experienced job changes. During the adjustment of generals in the winter of 2014, Wang Jianping, then commander of the Armed Police Force, switched with Wang Ning, former deputy chief of staff, and became the former deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters. Since then, he also served as the leader of the military training and supervision leading group of the entire army. At the beginning of this year, after the People's Liberation Army launched a new round of institutional adjustments, Wang Jianping took up the post of deputy chief of staff of the newly established Joint Staff Headquarters of the Central Military Commission. Resume: Joined the People's Liberation Army of China in January 1969. He has served successively as head of the 42nd Artillery Regiment, chief of staff, deputy brigade commander, and brigade commander of the Artillery Brigade of the 40th Group Army of the Army. February 1994-December 1996: 120th Division Commander of the 40th Group Army of the Army (later transferred to the Armed Police Corps to serve as the Division Commander of the 120th Division of the People's Armed Police Force of China's Armed Police Force); December 1996-April 2000, Chief Commander (Deputy Military Position) and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xizang Armed Police Corps. April 2000-August 2006, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Police Force. August 2006-June 2009, Chief of Staff of the Armed Police Force. June 2009-December 2009, Deputy Commander of the Armed Police Force. From December 2009 to December 2014, Commander and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Armed Police Force (replaced as a member of the 17th Central Committee on November 4, 2012). From December 2014 to July 2015, Deputy Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China served as the leader of the Military Training and Supervision Leading Group from January 2015 to July 2015. Alternate member and member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. Member of the 18th Central Committee.