Li was sacked from his job in October, just seven months after he became defence minister. Wei held the position from 2018 to 2023.
Observers drew attention to the especially harsh wording in the brief statements of the accusations against the two men.
The statements said they “betrayed the trust of the party and the CMC [Central Military Commission], seriously polluted the political environment of the military, and caused great damage to the party’s cause, national defence and military construction, as well as the image of its senior leaders”.
