Beijing, Oct. 30 -- The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expelled 33 of the 34 members of its Central Committee whose disciplinary cases were reviewed during the Fifth Plenum, intensifying concerns over the continuing purge of senior officials under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to a report by The Epoch Times (TET).

The report said several high-ranking officials from China's military-industrial sector, who had been absent from public view for extended periods, were among those expelled. These include Yuan Jie, former chairman of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and Wen Gang, former chairman of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation. Both were alternate members of the Central Committee and had been removed f...