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Chinese general

Native name

高小燕

Born1957 (age 67–68)
Shilou County, Shanxi, China

Allegiance

People's Republic of China

Service / branch

People's Liberation Army Ground Force

Gao Xiaoyan
Native name	高小燕
Born	1957 (age 67–68) Shilou County, Shanxi, China
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Service / branch	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1974–2014
Rank	Major general
Commands	Political Commissar and Discipline Inspection Secretary of the PLA Information Engineering University (2012–2014)

Gao Xiaoyan (Chinese: 高小燕; pinyin: Gāo Xiǎoyàn; born 1957) is a disgraced major general (shao jiang) 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).^[1] Investigated by the PLA's anti-graft agency in December 2014,^[2] She was the first female general to have been implicated in the anti-corruption campaign launched after the 18th Communist Party Congress.^[3]

Gao was born and raised in Shilou County, Shanxi province, near the city of Lüliang. In 1974, by age 17, she joined the People's Liberation Army and working in Lanzhou Military Region. In 1984, she was transferred to Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, and was assigned to the PLA Fourth Military Medical University. Twelve years later, she was transferred to Beijing with her husband and worked in PLA General Logistics Department. In 2005, she became the political commissar at the 309th Hospital of the PLA.

In 2012, she was transferred to Zhengzhou and appointed the political commissar and Discipline Inspection Secretary of the PLA Information Engineering University. In September 2012, she was elected executive director of China Institute For Leadership Science (CILS).

Downfall

She was detained by the People's Liberation Army's prosecution organs on November 27, 2014.^[4]^[5]

Gao was the fifth military figure with rank of major general or above detained for investigation after the 18th Party Congress. After her downfall, Chinese media speculated on her links with a former general in charge of logistics, Gu Junshan and to Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Xu Caihou.^[6]

References

↑ "Woman general Gao Xiaoyan held as China fights corruption in military". The Times. 2014.
↑ "First female PLA general in bribery probe". Chinadaily. 2014.
↑ 高小燕成十八大后首位因贪腐落马女将军. Tencent (in Chinese). 4 December 2014.
↑ "PLA Female general detained on charge of graft". Sina. 3 December 2014.
↑ 解放军信息工程大学副政委高小燕少将被查. Tencent (in Chinese). 4 December 2014.
↑ 高小燕背后贵人曝光疑通过徐才厚买官成将军. Netease. December 7, 2014.

Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping (2012–2017)

Campaign oversight

Xi Jinping (CCP General Secretary)
Wang Qishan (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary)
Zhao Hongzhu (CCDI Deputy Secretary)
Du Jincai (Military Discipline Secretary)
Central Leading Group for Inspection Work

Implicated people
(full list)

Central Committee members	Zhou Yongkang^PB Guo Boxiong^{PB; PLA} Xu Caihou^{PB; PLA} Sun Zhengcai^PB Ling Jihua Su Rong Zhou Benshun Wang Min Su Shulin Yang Dongliang Yang Jinshan^PLA Li Dongsheng Jiang Jiemin Bai Enpei Tian Xiusi^PLA Wang Jianping^PLA Wang Xibin^PLA Huang Xingguo Sun Huaishan Li Liguo Xiang Junbo Wang Sanyun Yang Huanning Zhang Yang^{PLA; S} Fang Fenghui^PLA Wu Aiying Liu Zhijun
Central Committee alternate members	Li Chuncheng Chen Chuanping Pan Yiyang Zhu Mingguo Wan Qingliang Wang Min (王敏) Wang Yongchun Yang Weize Yang Gang Qiu He Yu Yuanhui Lü Xiwen Li Yunfeng Niu Zhizhong^PLA Yang Chongyong Mo Jiancheng Zhang Xiwu
Central organs and State-owned enterprises	Cai Xiyou Chang Xiaobing Dai Chunning Deng Qilin He Jiacheng Jiang Jiemin Li Dongsheng Li Hualin Liao Yongyuan Liu Tienan Qi Pingjing Shen Dingcheng Shen Weichen^CDI Si Xianmin Song Lin Sun Hongzhi Sun Zhaoxue Wang Shuaiting Wang Tianpu Wang Yongchun Wei Pengyuan Xi Xiaoming Xiao Tian Xu Jianyi Xu Jie Xu Yongsheng Yang Gang Yao Gang Yao Zhongmin Yi Junqing Zhang Lijun Zhang Yun Zhu Fushou
Officials of Provincial-ministerial rank¹ (incl. sub-provincial)	Ai Baojun Bai Xueshan Bai Yun Cao Jianfang Chen Anzhong Chen Baihuai Chen Shulong Chen Tiexin Chen Xu Chen Xuefeng Dou Yupei Du Shanxue Fan Jian Fu Xiaoguang Gai Ruyin Gong Qinggai Gu Chunli Guo Yongxiang Guo Youming Han Xiancong Han Xuejian Han Zhiran He Jiatie^CDI Ji Jianye Ji Wenlin Jin Daoming Jing Chunhua Kong Lingzhong Lai Derong Le Dake Li Chengyun Li Chongxi Li Daqiu Li Jia (李嘉) Li Jianbo Li Wenke Li Zhi Liang Bin^CDI Liao Shaohua Ling Zhengce Liu Lizu Liu Xinqi Liu Zhigeng Liu Zhiyong Lu Wucheng Lu Ziyue Ma Jian Mao Xiaobing Ni Fake Nie Chunyu Qin Yuhai Ren Runhou Shen Peiping Si Xinliang Su Hongzhang Sui Fengfu Sun Qingyun Tan Li Tan Qiwei Tong Mingqian Wang Bao'an Wang Suyi Wang Yang Wang Zhongtian Wei Hong Wei Minzhou Wu Changshun Wu Tianjun Wu Yongwen Xu Aimin Xu Gang Yan Shiyuan Yang Baohua Yang Luyu Yang Zhenchao Yao Mugen Yin Hailin Yu Haiyan Zhang Lifu Zhang Tianxin Zhang Yue Zhang Wenxiong Zhao Liping Zhao Shaolin Zhao Zhiyong Zheng Yuzhuo Zhou Chunyu Zhu Zuoli
Military generals²	Cai Guangliao Chen Qiang Dai Weimin Deng Ruihua Dong Mingxiang Duan Tianjie Fan Changmi Fang Fenghui Fang Wenping Fu Linguo Fu Yi Gao Xiaoyan Gu Junshan Guo Boxiong Guo Zhenggang Jiang Zhonghua^S Kou Tie Liu Zhanqi Liu Zheng Ma Faxiang^S Niu Zhizhong Tian Xiusi Wang Jianping Wang Minggui Wang Xibin Wang Yu Wang Yufa Wei Jin Xu Caihou Yang Jinshan Ye Wanyong Yu Daqing Zhan Guoqiao Zhan Jun Zhang Daixin Zhang Qibin Zhang Wansong Zhang Yang^S Zhou Guotai Zhou Minggui
Officials at Prefecture-level rank¹ or below	Adil Nurmemet Cao Jianliao Chen Gui Chen Wei Chu Zhongzhi Cong Wenjing Ding Xuefeng Dong Hongyun Du Hu Fang Xiping Feng Lixiang Gao Jinsong Gong Weiguo Guo Yipin He Jinming Hou Fengqi Huo Ke Jiang Shan Jiang Zunyu Lan Jun Lei Zhengfu Li Jia (李佳) Li Lianyu Li Qiang Li Xi Li Yilong Liang Guoying Liang Yimin Lin Qiang Liu Guanglong Liu Suiji Ma Chaoqun Ma Yong Qi Jinli Qin Jianxiao Tan Hong Tang Aijun Tian Yubao Zou Taixin Wang Jianguo Wang Maoshe Wang Ning Wei Junxing Wu Jide Wu Jun Xu Mengjia Yang Xiaobo Yang Xin Yu Gang Zhang Kunsheng Zhang Lebin Zhang Qingjun Zhang Xiuping Zhang Zhongsheng Zheng Xuebi Zhao Haiyan Zhong Shijian^CDI Zhou Liangen Zhu Fulin
Business and media	Che Feng Gu Xin Guo Wengui Liu Han Liu Wei Mao Xiaofeng Rui Chenggang Sam Pa Wu Xiaohui Xu Xiang Ye Yingchun

Bo Xilai
Extraordinary rendition
Human rights in China
Yang Xiuzhu
Qincheng Prison
Shuanggui
Corruption in China
Judicial system of China
Law enforcement in China
National security of China
Xishan Society
Eight-point Regulation
Six Prohibitions
Four Malfeasances
Operation Fox Hunt
Tian Xueren
Zhou Zhenhong
Huang Xiaoxiang
Since 19th Party Congress

^PB Former member of the Politburo; ^PLA Also a military official; ^CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates
; ^S Committed suicide
¹For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China;
²Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.

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