(TibetanReview.net, Oct11’26) – Ding Yexian, who last served as deputy head of the standing committee of the People’s Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) from 2021 has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC), reported China’s state news agency Xinhua Sep 9, citing both the top party and state anti-corruption bodies. He was earlier put under investigation on suspicion of “serious violations of laws and regulations” in Apr 2026.
A native of Yanggu County, Shandong province, where he was born in 1960, Ding spent over 20 years of his party and government career in TAR’s Lhokha (Chinese: Shannan) Prefecture, before moving to TAR-level posts.
Upon the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and the National Commission of Supervision (NCS) had conducted an investigation into Ding’s case, the report said, citing a statement from both of them on Oct 9.
The investigation was stated to have found that Ding had lost his ideals and convictions, and resisted an official inquiry and investigation of his case.
Ding was also found to have used his position and influence to benefit others in matters concerning company public listing, project contracting and business operations. In return, he accepted huge sums of money and valuables, the statement was cited as saying.
He is accused, as per the statement, of having violated the political, organizational and integrity discipline of the CPC and committed serious duty-related crimes, and is suspected of bribery.
The report concluded that in line with Party regulations and laws, a decision has been made to expel him from the Party, revoke his entitlements, terminate his capacity as a delegate to the 10th Party congress of TAR, confiscate his illicit gains, and hand over his case for judicial proceedings.
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Ding began as an electric utility operator in Lhokha Prefecture in Jan 1978. He graduated from the Shandong Electronics Professional College (now Shandong College of Electronic Technology) in Sep 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. He was promoted as the head of the economic and trade reform commission of the prefecture in Dec 1996, and named the head of the prefecture’s department of finance in Nov 1998.
He was further promoted as the TAR department of finance in Apr 2000, and assumed the post of director of the regional finance bureau in Jan 2003.
In Jan 2009, Ding was made assistant to the Chairman of the TAR, and promoted to Vice Chairman of the TAR in Sep 2010. He was named a member of the TAR Party Standing Committee member as well as deputy party secretary of TAR in Jun 2013. In Nov 2016, he was named Executive Vice Chairman of the TAR, and in Jun 2017, named as the Executive Deputy Party Secretary of TAR.
Also holding a part-time Master’s degree in Business Administration from Sichuan Business School, Ding was, in Jan 2021, made the vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the TAR People’s Congress.
Ding’s downfall began on Apr 12, 2026, when he was suspected of “serious violations of laws and regulations” by the CCDI, the party’s internal disciplinary body, and NSC, the highest anti-corruption agency of China, leading to his expulsion on Oct 9.