U.S. REPORT EXPOSES CORRUPTION OF THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP

'As of 2024, Xi's family retains millions in business interests and financial investments. While the available data does not link the investments directly to Xi, it is possible that these holdings are managed indirectly on Xi's behalf.'

- GUERMANTES LAILARI

On 21 March 2025, Ms Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI), released the results of a long-awaited intelligence report called, "Wealth and Corrupt Activities of the Leadership of the Chinese Communist Party." The DNI's unclassified report provides some information on the wealth and corrupt activities of the PRC government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its leadership.

REPORT BACKGROUND: The US Congress and President Biden signed into law the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on 23 December 2022 which included a task for the DNI in coordination with the Secretary of State to complete the report within a year (not later than the end of 2023) that would include details of the wealth and corrupt activities of the following officials: "the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and senior leadership officials in the Central Committee, the Politburo, the Politburo Standing Committee, and any other regional Party Secretaries."

In total, the 2023 NDAA law tasked the DNI with these five tasks:

* Sec. 6501. Report on wealth and corrupt activities of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.

* Sec. 6502. Identification and threat assessment of companies with investments by the People's Republic of China.

* Sec. 6503. Intelligence community working group for monitoring the economic and technological capabilities of the People's Republic of China.

* Sec. 6504. Annual report on concentrated reeducation camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

* Sec. 6505. Assessments of production of semiconductors by the People's Republic of China.