China's military is publicly soliciting tips on procurement violations in the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force until November 30, extending 
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive in the armed forces. The notice was posted on Aug. 24 on the military's tendering platform, the Military Procurement Network, Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) reported, citing Reuters and China's Guancha news site.
What does the notice cover? Issued in the name of "widely accepting public supervision," the notice seeks information on violations in Rocket Force purchases of materials and services, engineering works, non-staple foods, and medicines and consumables, including projects handled by tendering agencies. Its scope spans at least requirement drafting, procurement evaluation, contract performance and online purchasing. Suppliers taking part in Rocket Force procurement, evaluation experts, tendering agencies and bidding agents may file reports, as may military personnel connected to the purchases. Reports must come with supporting evidence from lawful and compliant sources that is genuine and valid, or they will not be accepted.
Why the Rocket Force? Xi has pressed on with purging military generals, and the Rocket Force has become a focal target, the Liberty Times reported. The PLA has been one of the main targets of his anti-corruption campaign since he became Communist Party general secretary in November 2012, and in 2023 the purge turned to the Rocket Force, which CNA reported holds nuclear weapons and missiles and is viewed as the PLA's elite fighting force. Large numbers of serving and retired senior Rocket Force generals fell as a result, among them former defence minister Wei Fenghe, who came from the force.
Has the military sought tips before? In July 2023 the PLA publicly sought information on violations since October 2017 in the evaluation of equipment procurement tenders, focusing on integrity lapses, cliques, collusion, favouritism, leaking of secrets and supervisory failures, CNA reported. That appeal is seen as the trigger for Xi's sweeping purge of the PLA's top ranks, in which many senior generals were investigated and removed. From Aug. 28 to 31, 2025, the Rocket Force then issued 180 notices disqualifying 74 tender evaluation experts and 116 suppliers, after the experts were found to have made "evaluation errors affecting results." Some were held accountable over the evaluation of a tender dating from 2016.
Figures referenced: Xi Jinping. — JudgeMarket.
