China’s top anti-graft oversight body announced Thursday that Hong Xiaoqin, the former chairman and general manager of China Mobile Internet Co., Ltd., has been placed under investigation over allegations of severe violations of Communist Party of China discipline and national legislation.
The inquiry is being carried out jointly by two teams of investigators: a disciplinary inspection team dispatched to the China Mobile group by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the Party’s top anti-corruption agency, and supervisory officials from the Ordos Supervision Commission, based in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. As of the latest public update, no additional details surrounding the specific allegations or the scope of the probe have been released to the public.
Publicly available official career records outline Hong’s decades-long tenure within the China Mobile ecosystem. Born in 1964, Hong is a senior engineering professional who held a series of key leadership positions across the state-owned telecommunications giant’s regional branches before taking the top role at the internet subsidiary. His previous appointments include deputy general manager of China Mobile’s Guangdong branch and general manager of the firm’s Inner Mongolia branch.
Founded in 2015 in Guangzhou, the capital of south China’s Guangdong Province, China Mobile Internet Co. operates as a dedicated subsidiary of China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile network operator by subscriber count. The unit focuses exclusively on the group’s internet-centric business operations, and was previously structured as the China Mobile Internet Base before its formal incorporation as a standalone subsidiary.