Media reports indicate that the dismissal of Yang Jinshan, former Deputy Commander of the People's Liberation Army's Chengdu Military Area Command, at the 18th CCP Central Committee's fourth plenary session on October 23, 2014 was because he had a "strong connection with Bo Yibo", father of disgraced former Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai. His dismissal at the plenary session was unexpected and he is the highest ranking serving military official sacked for corruption since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in Nov. 2012. It is the fist time that the Chinese Communist Party has dismissed a member who was serving in the military during the session.