Ye Jianchun, 61-year-old deputy secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Commission and governor, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and is subject to disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission. At 16:00 on August 27, 2026, the official website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission announced the news. Several insiders told reporters that Ye Jianchun was taken away by staff of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission in Ruijin City, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province on the evening of August 25. Ye Jianchun's family is involved in the rare earth business in Jiangxi, and Ye Jianchun's wife was also taken away by staff of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision before and after that. People from the Jiangxi political community also told reporters that after Ye Jianchun went to work in Jiangxi, his family got involved in the rare earth business in Jiangxi, and the Jiangxi government and business circles also spoke quite a bit about it. Jiangxi is one of the provinces with the largest reserves of rare earths in China. “China Mining News” reported on January 2, 2025 that in terms of heavy rare earths with high strategic value, heavy rare earth mines in Jiangxi account for about two-thirds of the country.

Ye Jianchun, 61-year-old deputy secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Commission and governor, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and is subject to disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission. At 16:00 on August 27, 2026, the official website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission announced the news. Several insiders told reporters that Ye Jianchun was taken away by staff of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission in Ruijin City, Ganzhou, Jiangxi on the evening of August 25. Ye Jianchun's family is involved in the rare earth business in Jiangxi, and Ye Jianchun's wife was also taken away by staff of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision before and after that. People from the Jiangxi political community also told reporters that after Ye Jianchun went to work in Jiangxi, his family got involved in the rare earth business in Jiangxi, and the Jiangxi government and business circles also spoke quite a bit about it. Jiangxi is one of the provinces with the largest reserves of rare earths in China. “China Mining News” reported on January 2, 2025 that in terms of heavy rare earths with high strategic value, heavy rare earth mines in Jiangxi account for about two-thirds of the country.